Kirby Biró·May 25The body keeps the scoreSome animals are willing to betray their own kind. Take the goat, a highly social animal. If you release a goat into the wild near a feral…
Alison Bass·Dec 11, 2025How to avoid scammers — a cautionary tale from one author to othersMy novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, has been out for little more than a year, and it has gotten garnered some great reviews, including from the…
Henrique St.Claire·May 26, 2025A tarefa (não exatamente voluntária)Recentemente, precisei traduzir um artigo da The Guardian sobre Jonathan Franzen. Nada muito fora da rotina, tirando o detalhe de que ele…
Ted Burke·Mar 26, 2024Maxing out MaximalismIt’s been one of those weeks when there’s little else to do after the laundry is done than to stare for long periods at the bookshelves and…
Quick & Easy Book Reviews·Oct 31, 2023“The Corrections”: A Masterpiece of Familial Dysfunction and Social CommentaryJonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections” is a sprawling and multi-layered literary achievement that delves deep into the intricacies of family…
InArtisanal Article MachinebyPaul Combs·Jul 27, 2023Being a Book Snob is Fine as a Reader But Definitely Not as a WriterIt can come back to bite youA response icon11A response icon11
Jan van den Berg·Nov 12, 2022Jonathan Franzen on reading and literatureI’ve been on a bit of a Jonathan Franzen bender lately. The kickstart was a book club gathering about Crossroads for which I watched and…
InBritBox TodaybyShain E. Thomas·Jul 16, 2022Tomorrow Studios set to adapt “Freedom”Tomorrow Studios will adapt Jonathan Franzen’s “Freedom”
Silvestro Ramunno·Mar 31, 2022Crossroads: un ritorno da 4 stelle per FranzenDa appassionato lettore di Jonathan Franzen aspettavo da tempo questo libro. Lo considero uno dei maggiori scrittori viventi: Crossroads mi…
Luc Haasbroek·Jan 4, 2022Book Review: Jonathan Franzen — CrossroadsMy favourite novel of 2021 is Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen. It’s set in Chicago in the 1970s and tells the story of the Hildebrandt…