Tag: Jonathan Lethem
Selected Shorts
Selected Shorts: What's Going On?
Sunday, December 09, 2012
Today’s program features three stories that explore both the physical spaces we inhabit, and how those spaces are tied to the more mysterious, emotional places in our lives.
Talk to Me
Talk to Me: Patti Smith Chats with Jonathan Lethem
Friday, May 07, 2010
Patti Smith spoke with Jonathan Lethem about writing, CBGB, and New York nostalgia for the PEN World Voice Festival. Listen to their conversation and Smith's song about William Blake.
Talk to Me
Talk to Me: Utopia and Dystopia at PEN
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Russian poet Inga Kuznetsova, Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo, Polish writer Andrzej Stasiuk and New York's own Jonathan Lethem talked about utopia and dystopia for the PEN World Voice Festival. Listen to the event here.
Features
Jonathan Lethem Talks Mysterious Chocolate Smells, The Upper East Side
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
The BK gets no love in Jonathan Lethem's latest novel. Not even a paragraph. With the exception of two quick mentions, the born-and-bred Brooklyn author sets his sights on Manhattan in Chronic City.
Studio 360
Lethem, Bird, Dolly
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Studio 360 spends some time on its own. Kurt Andersen and his guest, the novelist Jonathan Lethem, discuss the pleasures and hazards of being alone. They’ll talk about the solitary work of writing a novel, and about musicians who ditch their bands to go solo. And we hear from playwright ...
Studio 360
Special Guest: Jonathan Lethem
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Kurt Andersen and writer Jonathan Lethem look at musicians, writers and artists who embrace solitude. Some exile themselves, others don’t have a choice. Either way, the experience of being alone affects their art and their personal lives.
A native of New York City, Jonathan Lethem is famous for ...
Studio 360
Freud, Psychonauts, Batman
Saturday, July 02, 2005
Kurt Andersen and Jonathan Lear look at how Sigmund Freud and his theories pervade our culture.
Studio 360
Solitary, Dickinson, Bird
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Is one really the loneliest number? Kurt Andersen and his guest, the novelist Jonathan Lethem, discuss the pleasures, hazards, and necessity of being alone.
Studio 360
Special Guest: Jonathan Lethem
Saturday, April 16, 2005
A native of New York City, Jonathan Lethem is famous for turning genres like science fiction and detective stories inside out. He is the author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, which received the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction in ...