Free Franzen (with a Catch)

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April 12, 2011

If you become a fan of the New Yorker on Facebook you can read Jonathan Franzen’s essay about his relationship with David Foster Wallace for free (this week only, it looks like).

(via @NationalBook)

BSKY

Isaac Fitzgerald

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeneyâ€™s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed Newsâ€™ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.

2 responses

Pam English

April 12, 2011

Thanks! Don’t know why I wasn’t a facefriend of theirs before.
Michelle

April 13, 2011

Love Wallace, but not a Face Book fan, so will have to miss out, or wait for a friend to discard her copies of her New Yorker Magazine…..but thanks for the attention to this unfortunate detail.