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2 months ago | 
waterstones.com | Mark Skinner |Coco Mellors |Jonathan Franzen |Louisa May Alcott
Unless you know my sisters, you don’t know me. This was the comment, uttered casually by a friend several years ago when I was still writing my debut novel Cleopatra and Frankenstein—desperately dreaming of finishing one (just one!) novel—that eventually planted the seed for Blue Sisters. Was this true of me and my siblings, I wondered? Could you know me if you didn’t know them? And, if it was true, who would I be if I lost one of them?
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Jonathan Franzen
Peregrine falcons recorded nesting in Singapore's CBD for first time, tray set up to encourage breedingSINGAPORE: Peregrine falcons have been recorded nesting for the first time in Singapore - in the heart of its central business district, in a recess …
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
sheerluxe.com | Heather Steele |Ann Napolitano |Jonathan Franzen
All Fours, the latest book by Miranda July. It’s very funny and clever. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. I blame a lot of my poor romantic choices on this book. The Bell Jar, The Great Gatsby and The Handmaid’s Tale. And in terms of more recent fiction, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. I think about that book, and specifically its spikey, idiosyncratic protagonist, often. It’s a masterpiece. Usually in my bedroom on a pink velvet chair at the end of my bed.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
nvdaily.com | Jonathan Franzen
I know, I know, he's a Great Author(TM). Super talented, apparently. But I don't hate him on literary grounds. My hatred also has nothing to do with professional jealousy (I don't think. Though if that's an underlying reason, I'm fine with that, too). The man could be the next coming of William Faulkner, Toni Morrison and Ernest Hemingway all wrapped up into one authorly package, and I would not only not care but I wouldn't even know because I've never read a book Franzen has written.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
eastbaytimes.com | Jonathan Franzen
Today is Saturday, Aug. 17, the 230th day of 2024. There are 136 days left in the year.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
ministrywatch.com | Gerald McDermott |Jonathan Franzen |Walter Wangerin Jr. |Mattias Desmet
Editor’s Note: Most Saturdays we will feature this “Editor’s Notebook” column. MinistryWatch President Warren Smith will offer his opinion on stories in the week’s news or, sometimes, offer a behind-the-scenes look at how and why we do what we do. However, once a quarter, we use the ‘Notebook” for Warren Smith’s list of books either released in the past quarter, or those he just got around to reading this quarter. To read last quarter’s list, published in May, click here.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
celebritynetworth.com | Jerry Jenkins |Jonathan Franzen |Neil Strauss
Category:Richest CelebritiesNet Worth:$4 MillionBirthdate:Sep 12, 1969 (54 years old)Birthplace:ClevelandGender:MaleProfession:Film Producer, Writer, Film director, Screenwriter, Author, MemoiristNationality:United States of America 💰 Compare James Frey's Net Worth What is James Frey's Net Worth? James Frey is an American writer and businessman who has a net worth of $4 million.
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May 16, 2024 | 
citylifestyle.com | Genevieve Padalecki |Jonathan Franzen
Article by Genevieve Padalecki Originally published in Austin LifestyleOctober is a busy month in Austin. Okay, they all are (especially when you have three kiddos!), but this month we’re especially excited about Festival Season, first ACL and ending the month at the Field Guide Festival.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
port-magazine.com | Jonathan Franzen |Words Jonathan Franzen
From 2012: Switch off your iPhone! The novelist argues that technology has no meaning, and that narrative is all we haveI want to start with a story about my father, who was a big do-it-yourselfer. One day, when he was about seventy, he was up on the roof of our house, doing something like cleaning the gutters or rebuilding the chimney, and he fell off. Landed flat on his back, fifteen feet below.
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Feb 17, 2024 | 
ksqd.org | Jonathan Franzen |Jill Cody
“A Long Road to Tao: A Thought-Provoking and Uplifting Film Inspired by a True Story”“Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT)This interview will take you on a journey into the recesses of your soul and will explore the ontological question:What is our underlying essence? Internationally acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize nominated, and local author and filmmaker, Michael A. Allen, uses the metaphor of the sea, and its ebb and flow, to describe the Tao of life’s cycle.
