Jonathan Lethem and Ben Markovits on a Trans-Atlantic Literary Life (and More)

Jonathan Lethem and Ben Markovits on a Trans-Atlantic Literary Life (and More)

A Conversation With the Author of the Booker-Nominated The Rest of Our Lives

By Jonathan Lethem | January 6, 2026

When Art Talks Back: Jonathan Lethem on Graffiti As Visual and Written Expression

When Art Talks Back: Jonathan Lethem on Graffiti As Visual and Written Expression

Exploring Artistic Scribbling in a Rapidly Gentrifying New York City

By Jonathan Lethem | August 26, 2024

Jonathan Lethem on the Rich Lives of Jaime Clarke’s Minor Literary Characters

Jonathan Lethem on the Rich Lives of Jaime Clarke’s Minor Literary Characters

“He has done more, even, than Vonnegut in setting
his characters free.”

By Jonathan Lethem | April 14, 2021

Jonathan Lethem: Why Shirley Jackson is a Reader’s Writer

Jonathan Lethem: Why Shirley Jackson is a Reader’s Writer

On the Brilliance of We Have Always Lived in the Castle and the Intimacy of Everyday Evil

By Jonathan Lethem | February 24, 2021

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