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 ...

Oprah, I feel your pain. Here you are, trying to help out an author who until this year was off the radar, lending your considerable fame to the exaltation of a book that was a best seller but didn't ...

Nine years after their fabled feud over The Corrections, Oprah and Jonathan Franzen finally buried the hatchet on Wednesday. For those who don't remember, back in 2001, Franzen expressed concern that ...

Now it's a race to see which will get to the big screen first, "The Corrections" or "Freedom." ...

Acclaimed author Jonathan Franzen, whose books “The Corrections” and “Freedom” have been labeled “novels of the century,” is scheduled to deliver the 2012 commencement address for Cowell College at UC ...