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"He slept that night in his own country and he had a dream wherein he saw God's pilgrims laboring upon a darkened verge in the last of the twilight of that day and they seemed to be returning from some deep enterprise that was not of war nor were they yet in flight but rather seemed coming from some labor to which perhaps these and all other things stood subjugate."
The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy


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buzzfeed:newsweek: Things Jonathan Franzen Hates 1. E-books: “That kind of radical contingency is not compatible with a system of justice or responsible self-government.” 2. Smartphones: “Great allies and enablers of narcissism.” 3. The Internet: “It’s doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction.” 4. Cats: “the sociopaths of the pet world.” 5. Experimental fiction: “It’s also in my Protestant nature, however, to expect some reward for this work.” 6. Schmaltzy fiction: “I cringe, myself.” 7. Michiko Kakutani: “the stupidest person in New York City.” 8. Insipid Broadway musical adaptations: “instantly overpraised.” 9. Author videos: “This might be a good place for me to register my profound discomfort at having to make videos like this.” If Jonathan Franzen is anti-cats, then we, The Internet, should be decidedly anti-Franzen. Welcome. We have bimonthly barbecues. 

buzzfeed:newsweek:

Things Jonathan Franzen Hates

1. E-books: “That kind of radical contingency is not compatible with a system of justice or responsible self-government.”

2. Smartphones: “Great allies and enablers of narcissism.”

3. The Internet: “It’s doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction.”

4. Cats: “the sociopaths of the pet world.”

5. Experimental fiction: “It’s also in my Protestant nature, however, to expect some reward for this work.”

6. Schmaltzy fiction: “I cringe, myself.”

7. Michiko Kakutani: “the stupidest person in New York City.”

8. Insipid Broadway musical adaptations: “instantly overpraised.”

9. Author videos: “This might be a good place for me to register my profound discomfort at having to make videos like this.”

If Jonathan Franzen is anti-cats, then we, The Internet, should be decidedly anti-Franzen.

Welcome. We have bimonthly barbecues. 

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    anti-Franzen.Holy
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    oh, i love you jonathan franzen, you’re such a curmudgeon. (gearing up to read freedom… i think it will be the perfect...
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    lolololololol that picture.
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    Smartphones are “enablers of narcissism.” —
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    I recently finished The Corrections. It’s decent.
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    i’m totally with him about 4-8 and probably 9 as well. as for 1-3, i agree that there are things about those things that...
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    what happens when you crown someone “The Great American Writer” lulz
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