Jonathan Lee on Hooking a Reader with the First Line

Jonathan Lee on Hooking a Reader with the First Line

“No one wants to feel the writer trying too hard.”

By Jonathan Lee | May 20, 2022

10 Great Novels on Freedom of Expression That Aren't <em>1984</em>

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Jonathan Lee Recommends Stories of the Personal and Political

By Jonathan Lee | February 9, 2017

Javier Marías on Dictatorship, Shakespeare, and Literary Ghosts

Javier Marías on Dictatorship, Shakespeare, and Literary Ghosts

"You know, I hate novels about writers, they are terribly boring and predictable."

By Jonathan Lee | November 1, 2016

On the Deep Disquiet of Finishing Your Book

On the Deep Disquiet of Finishing Your Book

Fernando Pessoa, Joy Williams, and the gap between writing and publishing

By Jonathan Lee | March 8, 2016

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