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  Oprah Winfrey Selects Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom for Book Club

  1217 readers After interviewing three unnamed booksellers, the AP reported this afternoon Jonathan Franzen's new novel has been picked for Oprah Winfrey's book club. Last night at 5:36 PM EDT, Melville House publisher Dennis Johnson posted a picture of Franzen's Freedom sporting a book club sticker. The picture is emedded above, via MobyLives. The post also suggested Macmillan

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  Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom Spotted with Oprah Winfrey Book Club Sticker

  2388 readers Melville House publisher Dennis Johnson has posted a picture of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom sporting an Oprah Winfrey book club sticker. The picture is emedded above, via MobyLives. UPDATE: The AP reports that Franzen has been picked. The post also suggests that Macmillan will raise the cover price $1. Here's more from the post: "On Monday

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  More Jonathan Franzen & Oprah Winfrey Book Club Rumors

  1337 readers Melville House publisher Dennis Johnson stoked the rumor mill this week, blogging: "Reliable sources tell me Oprah has selected Franzen's newest book, Freedom, for her revived book club." Earlier this month, we covered speculation that Oprah Winfrey might select Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. A few industry experts dismissed Franzen rumors the last time they surfaced, but

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  Will Oprah Winfrey Select Jonathan Franzen for Her Book Club?

  1608 readersWill literary trendsetter Oprah Winfrey select Jonathan Franzen's Freedom for her next book club? The Newtonville Books blog has speculated she might pick the novel. Here's an excerpt: "I recently received an email from my Macmillian sales rep alerting me that Oprah has selected the next book for her Book Club. There is always a frenzy

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  Read Excerpts from Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Freedom’ | 08.27.10

  3476 readersI keep forgetting that Franzen’s Freedom isn’t even “officially” out yet. It’s hard to remember when everyone is already calling him the “Great American Novelist” and claiming Freedom is the book of the decade. Well if you can’t wait to judge other people’s judgments then you should swing by Vogue where you can read an

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  Emperor Franzen Comes Face-to-Face with Jonathan Franzen

  1631 readers At the Jonathan Franzen reading at Barnes & Noble last night, we snapped this exclusive picture of the satirical Twitter writer, Emperor Franzen--wearing his cloak of mystery. The emperor tweeted during the event: "In my cloak, in the front row at Franzen reading. Stop by and say hi!" Later, he posted: "Franzen stared me down; I

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  Jonathan Franzen Packs the House

  1665 readersMore than 1,000 people showed up at the Union Square branch of Barnes & Noble last night to be entertained by Jonathan Franzen and his new book, Freedom. The Barnes & Noble media manager introduced Franzen, praising his writing and highlighting his literary achievements. Much to the audience's delight, Franzen bowed his head and sheepishly

• Jonathan Franzen Reviewed on Video

  1514 readers Washington Post fiction editor Ron Charles has published a video book review of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. The upload (embedded above) coincides with today's release of Franzen's new novel. Charles had a mixed opinion about the book. His positive take: "It's classic Franzen, a smart, finely-fanged take on suburban life. Ok, it's brilliant!" His negative take: "It's

• Happy Birthday, Jonathan Franzen

  4611 readers Today is novelist Jonathan Franzen‘s birthday. To celebrate, we explored the GalleyCat archives to recover some of the stories Franzen and Freedom inspired on this blog. Enjoy this trip down memory lane, from Glassesgate to Franzen’s first book video (embedded above). Jonathan Franzen Criticizes Author Videos in New Author Video Jonathan Franzen Goes to Washington & Meets President

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  Jonathan Franzen Signs a Kindle

  5626 readers One Reddit user convinced Jonathan Franzen to sign his Kindle eReader this week, earning a “resigned sigh” from the digitally averse novelist. As you can see by the image embedded above, it appears Franzen scribbled his name and wrote “SIGNED KINDLE” on the back of the device. Doubters can double-check the signature against this copy of