I mean, can you believe?

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Fri Aug 21 09:20:06 CDT 2015


http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/21/jonathan-franzen-considered-adopting-iraqi-orphan-young-people

Yeah, writers are not necessarily the humanly best
folk..but???....considering adopting to learn how young people are
cynical and lack anger????  The mind boggles.....

TO ADOPT A HUMAN BEING for these purposes?

I have always thought the attacks on him---except for lack of
greatness in his works---were worse and more wrong-headed than what
they attacked in him. He seemed ....decently 'authentic" but if
this is honesty, I prefer lies full of humanity.

Could this article be accurate?
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