Freedom is Jonathan Franzen's first novel since The Corrections, for which he won the National Book Award. After reading A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore's most recent novel, Jonathan Lethem said she "may be the most irresistible contemporary American writer: brainy, humane, unpretentious and warm; seemingly effortlessly lyrical; Lily-Tomlin funny." Recorded November 15, 2010 at 92nd Street Y.