To Good to Be True is a memoir about fathers and sons, debt and infidelity and the first steps toward putting a life back together.
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October 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
My Quixotic Attempt to Beat Jonathan Franzen in Solitaire: A Learning Experience
December 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ronald Metellus discovers that the point of playing is not to win, but to find what it means to play at all.
How Birdwatching Explains the World
October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Noah Davis finds connections between birdwatching and another pastime we’re all familiar with.
The Triumph of the Brute
December 6, 2010 By 3 Comments
Through his reviews of two novels—Franzen’s “Freedom” and Percy’s “The Wilding”—Andrew Ladd argues that modern men ought to embrace “the rougher side of masculinity.”
Fictional Sex That Sucks
November 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The annual Bad Sex Awards are being announced today. But don’t worry; the first prize can only go to fictional sex.
Jesse Kornbluth on Freedom
September 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Freedom, landed him on the cover of Time and earned him the title of the “Great American Novelist.” We’re all planning to read it but haven’t had the time yet. For one thing, it’s 562 pages long. For another, we’re terribly overworked and need to catch up on laundry and Curb [...]
“There is a push for women to be their most genuine selves, and yet now there is makeup for men!?”
This is a comment by Cameron Brown on the post “Makeup for Men? Why?”