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Home » Jonathan Franzen

Tag: Jonathan Franzen

Posted inArts & Culture

Our reviewer read Franzen’s Purity so you don’t have to

by Rayyan Al-Shawaf September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

It’s a long, drab slog through the lives of a group of neurotic bores.

Posted inBlogs

Taking the David Foster Wallace magical mystery tour

by Ryan Smith August 27, 2015August 18, 2021

An essay about an essay about a book about David Foster Wallace, which was just made into a movie. Got that?

Posted inBlogs

Here are 28 books we can’t wait to read in 2015

by Tyler Daswick June 25, 2015August 18, 2021

New stuff to read from Sandra Cisneros, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patti Smith, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Guy in Your MFA tweeter gets literary attention that should rightfully go to guys in MFAs

by Aimee Levitt February 24, 2015August 18, 2021

Dana Schwartz’s parody accounts gleefully skewer pretentious writing majors and the dystopian YA novels that enrage them.

Posted inBlogs

Is Single, Carefree, Mellow Literature or chick lit?

by Aimee Levitt February 19, 2015August 18, 2021

And who really gives a shit? Besides Jonathan Franzen.

Posted inBlogs

Jennifer Aniston takes the Cake, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones January 30, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

In The Middlesteins, Jami Attenberg shows you can go home again

by Aimee Levitt June 7, 2013August 19, 2021

In The Middlesteins Jami Attenberg makes suburbia actually kind of soulful.

Posted inArts & Culture

People Issue 2012: Michael Robbins, the poet

by Chicago Reader December 19, 2012August 19, 2021

Author of Alien vs. Predator: “I have a real aversion to poetry readings, even when I’m reading at them.”

Posted inArts & Culture

A portrait of David Foster Wallace as a midwestern author

by Craig Fehrman August 29, 2012August 19, 2021

A portrait of David Foster Wallace as a midwestern author

Posted inBlogs

Where in good heaven’s name are you, Jonathan Franzen?

by Kate Schmidt April 1, 2012August 19, 2021

Jonathan Franzen lives in Manhattan, he’ll have you know.

Posted inBlogs

A comment on comments

by Steve Bogira March 23, 2012August 19, 2021

Facebook commenters tend to like things. Comment board commenters, not so much.

Posted inBlogs

The Twitter debate

by Steve Bogira March 23, 2012August 19, 2021

To tweet or not to tweet?

Posted inBlogs

Obsolescence Week: book blurbs

by Jerome Ludwig March 9, 2012August 19, 2021

It’s time to retire the book blurb.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Humanities Festival announces this year’s lineup of presenters

by Jerome Ludwig August 8, 2011August 19, 2021

The 22nd annual Chicago Humanities Festival. Theme: Technology

Posted inBlogs

Calling Motherfucking Bullmotherfucking Shit on “the Pynchonian Realm of Highbrow Slapstick,” Motherfuckers.

by Brian Costello March 4, 2011August 19, 2021

The Atlantic gets a little too fucking precious when it tries placing @MayorEmanuel in a broader literary context.

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