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I'm not too concerned what happens to my books after I'm dead. But I am very concerned by what's going on with the culture of reading and writing nowadays.
Jonathan Franzen
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Jonathan Franzen
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: August 17
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Jonathan Earl Franzen
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