In Jonathan Franzen's new novel, "Purity," there is sex, infidelity, murder, lies -- and humor. "I think of myself as a funny writer. Not everyone sees it that way, but people making mistakes are ...

While promoting his new novel, 'Purity,' the author also revealed he considered adopting an Iraqi orphan in order to understand young people. By THR Staff Jonathan Franzen - H 2014 “I’m not a sexist,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then, of course, “The Corrections” happened. Then “Freedom.” “Purity” sold less than an eighth of the previous two novels but ...

Jonathan Franzen on David Foster Wallace“It was still hard not to feel wounded by the part of him that had chose the adulation of strangers over the love of the people closest to him.” Jonathan ...

This cover image released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux shows "The End of the End of the Earth," essays by Jonathan Franzen. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux via AP) "The End of the End of the Earth: Essays" ...

How do you get people to look up from their phone screens and computers and get them to care about the environment? One good way is simply to expose them to the beauty of birds, the novelist and ...

Exactly 100 years ago Saturday, the U.S. government passed a groundbreaking law to protect migratory birds that fly across the Atlantic. To mark the anniversary, National Geographic magazine helped ...

Tomorrow Studios (“Physical,” “Snowpiercer”) is adapting Jonathan Franzen’s New York Times bestselling “Freedom: A Novel” into a television series with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions (“The Good ...

Scientists and climate experts are furious after a New Yorker opinion column declared the fight against climate change useless. In an essay titled "What If We Stopped Pretending" published Sunday, the ...