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Jonathan Franzen on the cover of TIME

Jonathan Franzen on the cover of TIME

onathan Franzen is on the cover of the August 23 issue of TIME Magazine, with an article marking the publication of his latest novel, Freedom. Since he’s the first living author to be so featured in over a decade (the last being Stephen King), it’s caused quite a stir in the lit world. [...]

Ralph Nader: Activist.  Perennial presidential candidate/spoiler.  Novelist?

Ralph Nader: Activist. Perennial presidential candidate/spoiler. Novelist?

Seven Stories Press has just released Nader’s novel, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us, in which Yoko Ono, Warren Buffet, Ted Turner, Bill-Cosby, Paul Newman, and other influential figures meet, Justice-League style, to defeat bad guys Lancelot Lobo, Brover Dortquist, and corporate CEOs.
In an author’s note, Nader himself writes:
This book is not a novel. Nor [...]