On Reading Jonathan Franzen

On reading Jonathan Franzen’s new fiction: “I read that big Ben Marcus takedown of him in a back issue of Harper’s and I remember reading that takedown excitedly and being like, ‘Fuck yeah, Ben Marcus, you tell that douchebag!’ because I went to Florida State and that’s how we expressed ourselves, I think I might’ve smashed a can of Natty against my forehead afterwards just for good measure.”