Not surprisingly, Jonathan Franzen is not a fan of the new technology craze in the publishing industry. Franzen spoke recently at the Hay Festival in Cartagena, Columbia, and weighed in on his perception of ebooks vs. traditional printed literature. “The… Continue Reading
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary), Greta Gerwig (Greenberg) and Rhys Ifans (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1) are in talks to star in TV adaptation of Jonathan Frazen’s The Corrections for HBO. Gyllenhaal is up for the part of Denise… Continue Reading
The Millions has listed their most anticipated books of 2012 including works from John Irving, Jonathan Franzen, Lauren Groff, Toni Morrison and Nell Freudenberger. The Atlantic also has a list of highly anticipated books of 2012.
President Obama is on his nine day vacation on Martha’s Vineyard with his wife Michelle and their two daughters. Obama’s past reading selections have included Netherland by Joseph O’Neil and Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. This time he brought almost all novels. Winter’s Bone author… Continue Reading
Summary: Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul—the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of the Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbor, who could tell you where to recycle your batteries… Continue Reading
I am reading Jonathan Franzen’s FREEDOM along with the millions of other Oprah Book Club members. I am diligently following the reading schedule mapped out by the OBC (although I may be a little ahead of the group because we… Continue Reading
It has been a very busy few weeks over here at BookFinds. To start, I was in the audience for Oprah’s Season Premiere and was part of the monumental show in which Oprah announced she was taking her entire audience… Continue Reading
President Obama is taking a ten day vacation in Martha’s Vineyard with his wife Michelle and their two daughters. The President stopped in to the Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Vineyard Haven for some summer reading. He bought “To Kill… Continue Reading
And he explains that in this author video.
According to MediaBistro’s GalleyCat, Jonathan Franzen has become the first living novelist to grace the cover of Time magazine in ten years. Novelist Stephen King was the last writer to hold to coveted spot, back in 2000. Here’s an excerpt: “Franzen is a… Continue Reading
