It’s a long, drab slog through the lives of a group of neurotic bores.
Tag: Jonathan Franzen
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Taking the David Foster Wallace magical mystery tour
An essay about an essay about a book about David Foster Wallace, which was just made into a movie. Got that?
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Here are 28 books we can’t wait to read in 2015
New stuff to read from Sandra Cisneros, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patti Smith, and more.
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Guy in Your MFA tweeter gets literary attention that should rightfully go to guys in MFAs
Dana Schwartz’s parody accounts gleefully skewer pretentious writing majors and the dystopian YA novels that enrage them.
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Is Single, Carefree, Mellow Literature or chick lit?
And who really gives a shit? Besides Jonathan Franzen.
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Jennifer Aniston takes the Cake, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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In The Middlesteins, Jami Attenberg shows you can go home again
In The Middlesteins Jami Attenberg makes suburbia actually kind of soulful.
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People Issue 2012: Michael Robbins, the poet
Author of Alien vs. Predator: “I have a real aversion to poetry readings, even when I’m reading at them.”
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A portrait of David Foster Wallace as a midwestern author
A portrait of David Foster Wallace as a midwestern author
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Where in good heaven’s name are you, Jonathan Franzen?
Jonathan Franzen lives in Manhattan, he’ll have you know.
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A comment on comments
Facebook commenters tend to like things. Comment board commenters, not so much.
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Chicago Humanities Festival announces this year’s lineup of presenters
The 22nd annual Chicago Humanities Festival. Theme: Technology
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Calling Motherfucking Bullmotherfucking Shit on “the Pynchonian Realm of Highbrow Slapstick,” Motherfuckers.
The Atlantic gets a little too fucking precious when it tries placing @MayorEmanuel in a broader literary context.