Jonathan Lethem
News and commentary about Jonathan Lethem from the archives of Jewish Literary Review.
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October 28, 2010
Interviews with Roth, Bellow, Singer, more
If you’ve got a few hours to spare in order to get lost online, you could do worse than to wander around in The Paris Review’s newly public Interviews section. The first issue under the new editor, Lorin Stein, just … Continue reading
January 12, 2010
Jonathan Lethem interview on writing
In this interview, author Jonathan Lethem discusses several aspects of writing, including how he began writing on a manual typewriter he received when he was 14. Interestingly, he says you can’t teach someone to write a novel but you can … Continue reading
June 17, 2008
To read the Pacific Northwest, turn to Malamud
The Guardian published an interesting piece this weekend about what to read while “going on holiday this summer.” The article was a survey of opinions from prominent writers about what books they recommend as “perfect literary travelling companions.” I was … Continue reading
March 5, 2008
Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem in The New Yorker
Michael Chabon wrote an essay for the March 10 edition of The New Yorker. In it, he talks about superhero costumes and the power they have to shape young people’s ideas of themselves. As Chabon explains in the essay, he … Continue reading
December 11, 2007
Jonathan Lethem in The New Yorker
Jonathan Lethem, a guy who's writing is more nebbish than Jewish (he himself would count as both), has an interesting short story published in this week's New Yorker. The title character, the “King of Sentences,” reminds me of an older … Continue reading
August 2, 2007
Jonathan Lethem and the mysteries of success
In Jonathan Lethem’s novel “You Don’t Love Me Yet,” the action centers around a Los Angeles band that catch their lucky break while playing a song they didn’t really write at a gig where they were supposed to play silently. … Continue reading