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Jonathan Franzen on his book, Imperial Bedroom.
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Jane Smiley’s “Greenlanders,” among others.
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Franzen’s literary touchstones, decades in, decades out.
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Why not take the opportunity to learn a language?
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Jonathan Franzen discusses the potential for China’s economic collapse.
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China made America feel very old and tired, Franzen says.
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Jonathan Franzen on growing up in the Midwest in the 1970s.
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Innocence prolonged, innocence lost.
Should we have a national service? Good luck.
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The Constitution was an effort to chain down and destroy certain powers.
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Will this administration’s spending require a future tax hike?