Jonathan Franzen Goes to Antarctica The New Yorker


Jonathan Franzen Is an Genius Observer

By Jonathan Franzen April 11, 2011 The uninhabited island was named for a marooned eighteenth-century adventurer who likely inspired the first English novel. I thought I'd strand myself there.


Jonathan Franzen Talks with David Remnick, and Broadway Reopens The New Yorker

The Problem of Nature Writing To succeed—to get people to care about preserving the world—it can't be only about nature. By Jonathan Franzen August 12, 2023 Illustration by Benoit Leva The.


Jonathan Franzen, David Remnick David Remnick Photos The 2011 New Yorker Festival Jonathan

Books The Church of Jonathan Franzen In "Crossroads," bad decisions and bad faith weigh down the characters—and propel the novel to startling heights. By Kathryn Schulz September 27, 2021.


Jonathan Franzen’s climate change New Yorker essay angers scientists Vox

The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can't prevent it. By Jonathan Franzen September 8, 2019 Illustration by Leonardo Santamaria "There is infinite.


The Church of Jonathan Franzen The New Yorker

Jonathan Franzen is also the author of The Corrections: A Novel, and The Discomfort Zone, a memoir. He is pictured above at The New Yorker Festival Fiction Night in New York City in 2009.


Watch Jonathan Franzen talks with David Remnick New Yorker Festival The New Yorker

Become a Subscriber. Despite these renunciations, however, Franzen's prose is alive with intelligence, and on the first page of his new novel, Purity, a reader can see his mind at work on a task.


Book News Jonathan Franzen's New Novel Poised For September Release WBUR

A Critic at Large A Rooting Interest By Jonathan Franzen February 5, 2012 Wharton's many privileges make her hard to like. Photograph from Estate of Edith Wharton / Beinecke Library, Yale.


Jonathan Franzen Talks with David Remnick About “Crossroads” The New Yorker

Jonathan Franzen, whose new novel is "Crossroads." Janet Fine When younger, Russ had marched with Stokely Carmichael; he'd helped desegregate local pools. But in his suburban church he fears.


Jonathan Franzen Despairs of a Inhospitable to Birds The New York Times

The End of the End of the World By Jonathan Franzen May 16, 2016 I had never before had the experience of beholding scenic beauty so dazzling that I couldn't process it, couldn't get it to.


Jonathan Franzen Gives Brooklyn Audience a Taste of "Freedom" Carroll Gardens, NY Patch

Jonathan Franzen is a frequent and long-standing contributor of essays, stories, and reported pieces to The New Yorker.


Jonathan Franzen Is Fine With All of It The New York Times

LATEST NEWS Jonathan Franzen is the author of six novels, including Crossroads, Purity, Freedom, and The Corrections.


Jonathan Franzen Hasn’t Read Jennifer Weiner Vulture

Franzen has contributed to The New Yorker magazine since 1994. His 1996 Harper's essay "Perchance to Dream" bemoaned the state of contemporary literature. Oprah Winfrey's book club selection in 2001 of The Corrections led to a much publicized feud with the talk show host. [5] Early life and education


Jonathan Franzen Biography, Books, & Facts Britannica

On Sunday, the New Yorker published an essay titled "What If We Stopped Pretending," by Jonathan Franzen. The subtitle reads: "The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to.


Jonathan Franzen Gives Brooklyn Audience a Taste of "Freedom" Carroll Gardens, NY Patch

Oct. 5, 2021 CROSSROADS By Jonathan Franzen The replete works of Jonathan Franzen now include six novels. Ample but intimate, each over 500 pages, the books brim with global and political.


Jonathan Franzen Reads David Means The New Yorker Fiction WNYC

If you follow climate and environmental discourse as closely as I do, then you know that the recent New Yorker piece by the acclaimed novelist Jonathan Franzen has triggered 1) applause, 2) denunciation, 3) head-scratching. The self-proclaimed eco-pragmatists at The Breakthrough Institute are cheering.


Jonathan Franzen Goes to Antarctica The New Yorker

Jonathan Franzen is the author of Crossroads. (Submitted by Eleanor Wachtel) Writers and Company 55:08 In his new novel, Crossroads, Jonathan Franzen explores crises of faith and family.