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"Chronic" overachiever: Interview with Jonathan Lethem

By Kerry Lauerman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

The writer talks about his new novel's ambivalent take on New York, and how cultural obsession can lead to madness

Authors recommend great summer reading

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Lethem and others suggest classics, thrillers and big fat books to take to the beach.

Writing in the free world

By Amy Benfer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Jonathan Lethem explains why copyright laws stifle creativity and why he's giving away the film option to his new novel.

Catch up on a week's worth of free songs

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Wilco, Richard Thompson, Patti Smith and a song from the new Jonathan Lethem book this week on Audiofile.

Destination: Brooklyn

By Phillip Lopate — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

From Betty Smith to Jonathan Lethem to Truman Capote, the chroniclers of this brownstone-lined borough are as diverse as the millions of people who live there.

Novel sounds

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Jonathan Lethem's fictional music made real.

Writing in the Margins

By Scott Thill — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Our monthly roundup of indie publishing: DC Comics terrifies with Lovecraft; Lethem and Denis Johnson do avant-cabaret; a harrowing tale of the 1997 Red River flood.

He's a lover -- and also a hater

By Virginia Vitzthum — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Dale Peck, the madman critic famous for his trash jobs on Moody, Eggers and Franzen, talks about forgiving his abusive father in his new "fictional memoir" and wonders why we can't all get along.

The dreamer of Brooklyn

By Peter Kurth — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Jonathan Lethem's astonishing "The Fortress of Solitude" places him in the first rank of American novelists.

It's Genetic

By Amy Reiter — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Kiss frontman goes gaga for big breasts; Madonna puts kibosh on free tickets; Julianne Moore denies cannibal sex scene. Plus: Kidman throws hat back in man race!

Secret pleasures of Salon Premium

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Author Jonathan Lethem explains why you should subscribe.

Stuttering and uncovering

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Steve Buscemi is Tourettic detective Lionel Essrog in Jonathan Lethem's novel "Motherless Brooklyn."

What you lookin' at?

By Jonathan Lethem, Dalton Conley and Phillip Lopate — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Three writers talk about growing up white in a black neighborhood.

Jonathan Lethem

By Jonathan Lethem — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

"Motherless Brooklyn"

Motherless Brooklyn

By Jonathan Lethem — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Motherless Brooklyn

Cryptonomicon

By Neal Stephenson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Cryptonomicon

Salon Book Awards

By Laura Miller and Craig Seligman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Ten titles that kept us up all night in 1999

Screened out

By Jonathan Lethem — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

The author of "Motherless Brooklyn" spotlights five terrific novels overshadowed by their film versions.

"Motherless Brooklyn"

By Gary Krist — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

An author comes up with a new (and brilliant) twist for the detective novel: A narrator with Tourette's syndrome.

Who killed Brooklyn?

By Lorin Stein — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Novelist Jonathan Lethem returns to his hometown to find it almost as strange as his own fiction.

Real Life Rock Top 10

By Greil Marcus — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Hurlyburly

By Jonathan Lethem — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Director Anthony Drazan successfully brings the sexist, self-destructive camaraderie of 'Hurlyburly' to the screen.

Mementos from the pre-millennium

By Steve Erickson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Dredged from the 1998 archives of art, pop culture and politics, Steve Erickson offers his own private cultural canon.

Scream queen

By Jonathan Lethem — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Ian McKellen gives a virtuoso performance as early Hollywood's only ecstatically "out" gay director in 'Gods and Monsters.

Totally, Tenderly, Tragically: Essays And Criticism From A Lifelong Love Affair With The Movies

By Jonathan Lethem — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

Jonathan Lethem reviews 'Totally, Tenderly, Tragically' by Phillip Lopate.