In advance of his long-awaited novel Purity, author Jonathan Franzen is being criticized following an interview he gave with Weekend magazine in the United Kingdom. But what people seem to be ...

Writers Jennifer Weiner and Jonathan Franzen have had a longstanding rivalry, dating back to when Weiner coined the term “Franzenfreude” to summarize her frustration with the endless critical praise ...

Jonathan Franzen may be asking you to borrow a couple of bucks soon. In an interview with the Financial Times, Franzen said he is a "poor person who has money." The average yearly income for a U.S.