Berfrois

Jonathan Franzen

Peter Marshall

Peter Marshall reviews Purity

“I kind of look for stealth ways to write about writers”

“I kind of look for stealth ways to write about writers”

she’s corporation her corporations

she’s corporation her corporations

Of Birds and Lobsters by Elias Tezapsidis

Elias Tezapsidis

Of Birds and Lobsters by Elias Tezapsidis

‘It began when Wallace wrote Franzen a fan letter in the summer of 1988’

‘It began when Wallace wrote Franzen a fan letter in the summer of 1988’

Freedom is a must-read? Well then, Jessa Crispin refuses to read it…

‘There’s an oedipal theory of history, and of America, at work in The Corrections and Freedom.’

Book excerpt:

‘Freedom’ by Jonathan Franzen

Everybody Should Love Christina

Short story:

‘Agreeable’ by Jonathan Franzen

Poem: ‘Poem of Philosophical and Parental Conundrums Written In An Election Year’
Lenny Bruce: All Alone
Video: Lenny Bruce: All Alone
‘The Barn Owl’, ‘The Barn Owl (2)’, ‘The Elf Owl’ and ‘The Flammulated Owl’ by Jeredith Merrin
Poems: ‘The Barn Owl’, ‘The Barn Owl (2)’, ‘The Elf Owl’ and ‘The Flammulated Owl’ by Jeredith Merrin
Poets for Corbyn
Book: Poets for Corbyn
Re-Reading Children’s Books
Podcast: Re-Reading Children’s Books
‘Driving Through the Pit Town’ and ‘Writ in Water’ by Rory Waterman
Poems: ‘Driving Through the Pit Town’ and ‘Writ in Water’ by Rory Waterman