The Newberry Honors Jonathan Franzen
JOIN THE NEWBERRY IN HONORING JONATHAN FRANZEN FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HUMANITIES. The Newberry Library Award is presented annually to recognize extraordinary achievements in the humanities, honoring work that exemplifies the intellectual tradition the Newberry has cultivated since its founding in 1887. This annual award celebrates those who foster curiosity, creativity and public understanding of the humanities. Past recipients reflect […]
Jonathan Franzen on How I Write with David Perell
Jonathan Franzen is one of the most influential novelists alive today. He sees fiction as the most fundamental human art, and in this conversation he explains how he actually makes it: the discipline, the daily grind, and the psychological spelunking required to write characters who feel startlingly alive. Franzen has always had an outsider’s eye. He questioned the hype of the Internet […]
