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EmperorFranzen

  1. "Long." Huh huh. RT @Oprah: @WordsUnsaid22 FREEDOM last years pick.That's a long book 4:28 AM Jun 2nd via Twitter for iPhone
  2. We're supposed to pay taxes? FML. MT @sarahw: There's much about the writing biz undiscussed, like taxes. 2:49 PM May 31st via TweetDeck
  3. Me. Oh, wait, thought you said "underrated." NM. RT @HuffPostBooks: Who is the most overrated author? 12:59 PM May 31st via TweetDeck
  4. Unlike the "real" Jonathan Franzen, I wear a cloak. It's just a bath towel draped over my head, but it's still pretty sweet. 1:29 PM May 27th via TweetDeck
  5. If the "real" Jonathan Franzen joined Twitter, it would be akin to crossing the streams in Ghostbusters. ti.me/JO3RF1 (via @TIME) 1:28 PM May 27th via TweetDeck
  6. Esquire is publishing a new line of ebooks called "Fiction For Men." Finally, we can take back publishing from all teh ladeez! 9:19 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  7. @Suw @dansmithauthor @stevemosby Don't you want to read a dozen Franzen-branded novels a year? 2:29 PM May 14th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to Suw
  8. @byseanferrell Wait, people READ books? I thought they just bought them. This changes everything. 7:02 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to byseanferrell
  9. I could see that. RT @jasonmarklea: @EmperorFranzen If you were a carpenter, wouldn't you be Jesus? 6:11 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
  10. If I was a carpenter, I bet you would want me to build you two boats a year. Or whatever. 6:04 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
  11. You want me to write a book more than once every ten years? YOU SO CRAY. publun.ch/JyqKPs 6:02 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
  12. Surely. RT @AmyMacKinnon: Three breathless cheers for @EmperorFranzen! Surely this is better than The Corrections: nytimes.com/2012/05/03/fas… 7:51 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck
  13. I wear a cloak. Different! RT @adicloud: Today's LivingSocial incl. a deal for customizable capes. My first thought was of @EmperorFranzen. 10:54 AM May 2nd via TweetDeck
  14. HBO passed on "The Corrections" because there weren't enough titties. I was like, damn, it's not called "The Erections." 1:56 PM May 1st via TweetDeck
  15. @BookRiot @nathandunbar Wasn't me (in shaggy voice). 1:55 PM May 1st via TweetDeck in reply to BookRiot
  • Name Emperor Franzen
  • Location The Dark Side of Oprah's Couch
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  • Bio Chicks dig me. I was on the cover of TIME. That's TIME magazine, bitches. ALSO: NO I AM NOT THE REAL J. FRANZEN. HE DOESN'T EVEN OWN A CLOAK.
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