Jonathan Lethem

Paper Tigers with Real Fangs: Jonathan Lethem's Chronic City

Andrew Gorin | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Book Reviews, Manhattan, Michiko Kakutani, New Books, Jonathan Lethem, Chronic City, Brooklyn, New York News
Andrew Gorin

Last Friday night, Brooklyn born novelist Jonathan Lethem concluded a citywide marathon reading of his new Chronic City with an impressive, nine-hour performance at Bookcourt.

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The New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2009

The New York Times | The NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Best Books, Books, Half Broke Horses, Mary Karr Lit, The Good Soldiers, Lit, Best Books of 2009, Raymond Carver, Chronic City, A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moorre, New York Times Best Books, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, Lords of Finance, Jonathan Lethem, Mary Karr, The Age of Wonder, A Short History of Women, Best Books 2009, Books News

After so many years, and so many lists, you might think the task of choosing the 10 Best Books would get easier. If only. The sublime story collection...

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The New York Times' Best Books Of 2009

The New York Times | The New York Times Book Review | Posted 11.26.2009 | Books

Read More: Peter Ackroyd, Barbara Kingsolver, Best Books, Lorrie Moore, Books, Literary Prizes, Harold Evans, Sag Harbor, Wolf Hall, Margaret Atwood, Frankenstein, Jay McInerney, Holiday News, Ishiguro, Jay, Booker Prize, Cheever, Colum McCann, National Book Awards, Columbine, Karen Armstrong, Bestsellers, Ayn Rand, Notable Books, Open, New York Times, Jonathan Lethem, Alice Munro, Andre Agassi, Books News

The Book Review has made these selections from books reviewed since Dec. 7, 2008, when we published our previous Notables list. It was not easy pickin...

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Miami Book Fair Going Strong This Week

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Barbara Kingsolver, Tracey Kidder, Books, Margaret Atwood, Mary Karr Lit, Book Fair, Lit, Author Events, Book Fairs, Barbara Kingsolver Lacuna, Margaret Atwood Year of the Flood, Authors, Miami Book Fair, Joyce Carol Oates, Year of the Flood, Orhan Pamuk, Ruth Reichl, Author Readings, Gourmet, Sherman Alexie, Lacuna, Jonathan Lethem, Mary Karr, Reading, Miami, Isabella Rossellini, Books News

All this week, Miami is celebrating the world of literature with its annual Book Fair. Running from November 8 - 15 and open to the public for a small...

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Slow Sell, or, Why Professors Matter

Amy Hungerford | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: University, Literature, Book Marketing, Professors, Textbooks, Yale University, Jonathan Lethem, David Mitchell, Reading, Elizabeth Strout, Motherless Brooklyn, Black Swan Green, Books News
Amy Hungerford

The slow sell can't be done pre-publication. It requires -- wait for it -- reading. My last week's reading is a case in point: I read David Mitchell's Black Swan Green.

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