Fresh Air Exclusive Transcript
Terry Gross with Jonathan Franzen
TERRY GROSS: A lot of people think we look very similar, would you care to comment on that?
JONATHAN FRANZEN: Well Terry, you do sort of look like a man; no offense, and I’m dating a feminist, so we’re on the same team here. Most women have long hair and softer features, which is where the problem is. I just think Americans really need to step back and realize it’s not all about capitalism and gender. My new novel Freedom aims to expose the underbelly and subconscious of the American pathos.
TERRY GROSS: Thanks, that was really touching — speaking of which, what am I hearing under the table?
JONATHAN FRANZEN: Well Terry, I’m under contractual agreement with my publishers to “pound away at [my] future,” and this moment I’m focusing on DNA.
TERRY GROSS: Gross.
JONATHAN FRANZEN: Franzen.
Tags: fresh air, jonathan franzen, NPR, terry gross
this is fucking awesome
damn…
felt compelled to say this is awesome.
Lmfao
Jimmy wins.
on a roll, he is
jimmy chen is definitely like butter
Genius = Evil
I live for shit like this. Helluva-day to stop back by the ol’ G. Thanks Jimmy.
this is fucking awesome
damn…
felt compelled to say this is awesome.
Lmfao
Jimmy wins.
on a roll, he is
Yes.
jimmy chen is definitely like butter
Genius = Evil
I live for shit like this. Helluva-day to stop back by the ol’ G. Thanks Jimmy.
In many of his stories, Jimmy Chen writes about dick very well, but Jonathan Franzen is one dick that Chen completely mishandles. This wasn’t funny.
ZZZZIPP WONDERS IF CHEN IS SAYING SOMETHING MORE ABOUT TERRY GROSS AND NPR THOUGH HE HAS NEVER HEARD GROSS OR READ FRANZEN AND HAS NO GROUND TO COMMENT ON EITHER
BUT IT IS A GOOD JOKE DICK. CAN YOU PRETEND JIMMY MADE IT ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE? (JIMMY?) WOULD YOU LIKE IT THEN?
The most obnoxious thing about Franzen (aside from trying to distract his double-chin with the Clark Kent glasses) is how often he name-drops David Foster Wallace. Checkout his interviews during the Corrections marketing circus. He always let the interviewer know how good of friends he and DFW were. It reminded me of the way Arsenio Hall would always remind guests that his best friend was Eddie Murphy.
Yes.
Kind of like how I always tell people how I’m good friends with Barry Graham.
In many of his stories, Jimmy Chen writes about dick very well, but Jonathan Franzen is one dick that Chen completely mishandles. This wasn’t funny.
ZZZZIPP WONDERS IF CHEN IS SAYING SOMETHING MORE ABOUT TERRY GROSS AND NPR THOUGH HE HAS NEVER HEARD GROSS OR READ FRANZEN AND HAS NO GROUND TO COMMENT ON EITHER
BUT IT IS A GOOD JOKE DICK. CAN YOU PRETEND JIMMY MADE IT ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE? (JIMMY?) WOULD YOU LIKE IT THEN?
The most obnoxious thing about Franzen (aside from trying to distract his double-chin with the Clark Kent glasses) is how often he name-drops David Foster Wallace. Checkout his interviews during the Corrections marketing circus. He always let the interviewer know how good of friends he and DFW were. It reminded me of the way Arsenio Hall would always remind guests that his best friend was Eddie Murphy.
Kind of like how I always tell people how I’m good friends with Barry Graham.
I thought it was cooler when DFW reminded Eddie Murphy that he was friends with Iceberg Slim
I always tell people I AM Barry Graham.
Aw, Jimmy Chen, you so cray cray.
I thought it was cooler when DFW reminded Eddie Murphy that he was friends with Iceberg Slim
I always tell people I AM Barry Graham.
Aw, Jimmy Chen, you so cray cray.
Kind of like all your self-promoting, mediocre bullshit, Kyle.
Cowardly comment, Jag. Anonymous, too.
Argue about something important: http://staugustine2.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/the-endless-thread-7-0/#comment-3770
Kind of like all your self-promoting, mediocre bullshit, Kyle.
Cowardly comment, Jag. Anonymous, too.
Argue about something important: http://staugustine2.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/the-endless-thread-7-0/#comment-3770
what a douche…haha!!
Sorry just listened to an Economist podcast this morning where the pod…um..caster?… said that every now and then a great English or dare one say…American novel…comes to light that just overshadows all, and well, it is happening this year (like the cum-stained anticipation of the migration of some weird bird or a great recession…which um, cough, already happened) – that the next Franzen novel is this gilded egg, an albatross and…. Well, the poor thing has been working so hard since The Corrections and 9/11, but alas he’s maybe not himself…so maybe it’s that good if this – http://carrionfair.blogspot.com/2010/07/every-7-years.htm – is true? hopefully yours, C…
Not himself? What… what’s this? Has he been bodysnatched???
I knew it would come to this! People: Our reckoning is upon us! Bolster your doors!
Are you sure you wanted to say that?
Genius = Death
Death = Honesty
Honesty = Love
Love = Genius
Genius = Death
what a douche…haha!!
Sorry just listened to an Economist podcast this morning where the pod…um..caster?… said that every now and then a great English or dare one say…American novel…comes to light that just overshadows all, and well, it is happening this year (like the cum-stained anticipation of the migration of some weird bird or a great recession…which um, cough, already happened) – that the next Franzen novel is this gilded egg, an albatross and…. Well, the poor thing has been working so hard since The Corrections and 9/11, but alas he’s maybe not himself…so maybe it’s that good if this – http://carrionfair.blogspot.com/2010/07/every-7-years.htm – is true? hopefully yours, C…
This is fucking hilarious! And kind of sad, too…the feminism stuff really sounds like something he would say…
Not himself? What… what’s this? Has he been bodysnatched???
I knew it would come to this! People: Our reckoning is upon us! Bolster your doors!
Are you sure you wanted to say that?
Genius = Death
Death = Honesty
Honesty = Love
Love = Genius
Genius = Death
This is fucking hilarious! And kind of sad, too…the feminism stuff really sounds like something he would say…