Loading...
RSS feeds allow Web site content to be gathered via feed reader software. Click the subscribe link to obtain the feed URL for this page. The feed will update when new content appears on this page.
Highlights

A collection of news and information related to Jonathan Franzen published by this site and its partners.

Sort By: Relevancy | Date | Type
Displaying items 1-12 of 77
» View wsbtradio.com items only
    May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. Short story writer Lydia Davis wins Man Booker Intl fiction prize

    Reuters
    By Paul Casciato LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published. Davis - who has only...

    Tags: Literature, Chinua Achebe, Fiction, David Foster Wallace, Authors

    2. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. Short story writer Lydia Davis wins major fiction prize

    Reuters
    LONDON (Reuters) - American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published. Davis, a professor of creative writing at the...

    Tags: Literature, Chinua Achebe, Fiction, Authors, David Foster Wallace

    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Would novelists want to be friends with Humbert Humbert?

    In a widely circulated <a href=&quot;http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/56848-an-unseemly-emotion-pw-talks-with-claire-messud.html">interview</a> with Publishers Weekly, writer Claire Messud was asked if she would want to be friends with the protagonist of her new novel, "The Woman Upstairs." She responded with frustration: "For heaven&rsquo;s sake, what kind of question is that? Would you want to be friends with Humbert Humbert?"
    In a widely circulated interview with Publishers Weekly, writer Claire Messud was asked if she would want to be friends with the protagonist of her new novel, "The Woman Upstairs." She responded with frustration: "For heaven’s sake, what kind of...

    Tags: Donald Antrim, Google+, Authors, Social Media, Microsoft Corporation

    4. Jun 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Michael Robbins shakes up poetry world with 'Alien vs. Predator'

    Michael Robbins called from the road. He explained he was driving back to Chicago from Mississippi, headed for his new apartment in Andersonville, white-knuckling at the wheel of a U-Haul too big for him, a drumbeat of imminent freeway death pounding in his skull. &quot;I've been scared for, like, five hours," he said. "I got to get to a hotel. My cat's freaking out, the cars are nuts &hellip;" Drivers were cutting him off, truckers were bearing down, he said. So he started talking to himself, conducting a one-man theological debate, asking if it'd be OK if, you know, a few people died: "Would I be justified not shedding a tear if they accidentally flipped?"
    Michael Robbins called from the road. He explained he was driving back to Chicago from Mississippi, headed for his new apartment in Andersonville, white-knuckling at the wheel of a U-Haul too big for him, a drumbeat of imminent freeway death pounding in...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Chicago, Andersonville, University of Southern Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey

    5. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Review: 'How to Live With Your Parents' is a by-the-manual comedy

    Some fine actors have contracted to appear in "How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)," a multi-generational family comedy premiering Wednesday night on ABC. It should do their careers no lasting harm. It is the sort of neither-here-...

    Tags: Sarah Chalke, ABC (tv network), Entertainment, Elizabeth Perkins, Brad Garrett

    6. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Philip Roth gets 'Unmasked' on PBS -- or does he?

    I&rsquo;m of two minds about &ldquo;Philip Roth: Unmasked,&rdquo; the &ldquo;American Masters&rdquo; documentary that airs Friday night on PBS.
    I’m of two minds about “Philip Roth: Unmasked,” the “American Masters” documentary that airs Friday night on PBS. On the one hand, it’s always a pleasure to hear Roth, who turned 80 this month and recently announced...

    Tags: Nazi Party, Germany, Mia Farrow, Chinua Achebe, Authors

    7. Aug 6, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Tribune literary awards go to Sondheim, Franzen, Wilkerson

    &quot;Writing" seems an inadequate word to describe what Stephen Sondheim has done, yet it is the breadth, impact and influence of his writing that have won him the 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement.
    Tribune reporter
    "Writing" seems an inadequate word to describe what Stephen Sondheim has done, yet it is the breadth, impact and influence of his writing that have won him the 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement. The 81-year-old composer and...

    Tags: New York, Movies, August (movie), Minnesota, Entertainment

    8. Jan 24, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. National Book Critics Circle finalists include Chicago writers

    You know you are in the midst of award season when it seems that new finalists and winners are being announced every week. Considering the onslaught of recent medal announcements and award ceremonies, we can definitely say that the season is now upon us.
    Tribune Reporter
    You know you are in the midst of award season when it seems that new finalists and winners are being announced every week. Considering the onslaught of recent medal announcements and award ceremonies, we can definitely say that the season is now upon us....

    Tags: Dance, Education, Literature, University of Chicago, Lifestyle and Leisure

    9. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Jodi Picoult on 'The Storyteller'

    Don't mess with Jodi Picoult. The author of a string of best-selling popular novels with weighty themes ripped from the headlines, Picoult pulls no punches. Her latest book, out this month, is "The Storyteller," which is about a young woman who finds...

    Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), The Washington Post, Glenn Beck, Literature, Chicago Tribune

    10. Feb 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. The book jacket 'Bell Jar'

    This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but until just recently I was under the misguided impression that a Pulitzer Prize in poetry might actually entitle a gal to a little literary respect.
    This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but until just recently I was under the misguided impression that a Pulitzer Prize in poetry might actually entitle a gal to a little literary respect. Good thing I had the nice folks at British publisher Faber and...

    Tags: Literature, Chicago Tribune, Authors, Culture, Pulitzer Prize Awards

    11. Jan 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Catherine Opie's documentary photography is on display

    The room is arranged like a gallery, hung with photographs of various sizes and shapes, framed and unframed, surrounding the artist Catherine Opie, who looks pleased as she observes from a rocking chair.
    The room is arranged like a gallery, hung with photographs of various sizes and shapes, framed and unframed, surrounding the artist Catherine Opie, who looks pleased as she observes from a rocking chair. This studio built behind her house in West...

    Tags: Guggenheim Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, Gays and Lesbians, Elizabeth Taylor, Artists

    12. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. George Saunders hasn't written a novel, and I don't care

    When I was a 30-year-old MFA student just starting the Creative Writing program in fiction at UC Irvine, I sat down with my advisor.
    When I was a 30-year-old MFA student just starting the Creative Writing program in fiction at UC Irvine, I sat down with my advisor. So, she asked me, what are your plans for your two years here? Well, I said, I figure I’ll write a collection of...

    Tags: George Saunders, Authors, University of California, Irvine, Oprah Winfrey, Sundance Film Festival

 1  2 3 4 5 6 7 • Next >
Original site for Jonathan Franzen topic gallery.
Loading...
 
 

Date:

Credit:

User-submitted

Tags:

Rate:
Sending...

E-mail this photo

Error: malformed email address(es)
Both "from" and "recipient" email fields are required.

Recipient E-mail Addresses

(up to 3, separated by commas) Send me a copy.

From:

e-mail | buy this photo | link to photo
Jonathan Franzen Photos
"Farther Away" promises to be another thought-provoking...
(February 14, 2012)
'Farther Away,' Jonathan Franzen (out April 24)
missing
photo
missing
photo