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Old 02-01-2012, 05:07 PM   #78
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For those of us who enjoy reading literary works, Franzen is an important Amercian writer who won the National Book Award for Fiction, for "The Corrections." (It was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was short-listed for a number of other important awards.)
His awards/reviews also sparked a bit of bitching by Jennifer Weiner and other women authors who put him forth as an example of sexism in the literary field, thus unleashing what passes for a shitstorm in certain circles.

Also, if irony has its way, he will be the next person to absolutely LOVE his new kindle.
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