Jonathan Lethem talks about Dean Street in Brooklyn (before
the neighborhood became known as Boerum Hill). Lethem’s
latest novel is Fortress of Solitude. And Mariane
Pearl, widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter
Daniel Pearl, shares her memoir A Mighty Heart,
written with Sarah Crichton.
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem discusses his latest novel, Fortress of Solitude. It’s about a friendship between a white kid (Dylan) and a black kid (Mingus) in Brooklyn. Dylan and Mingus live on Dean Street in a neighborhood on the cusp of change. Bob Dylan “Like A Rolling Stone” and Charles Mingus
Mariane Pearl
In her memoir A Mighty Heart (co-written with Sarah Crichton), Mariane Pearl describes the wrenching month between her husband Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and news of his death in Karachi, Pakistan in 2002. Mariane was very pregnant when her husband died, and she’s since given birth to a healthy son. Meet ...
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