Jonathan Lethem

53 Podcast Episodes

The Book Club: Jonathan Lethem

The Book Club: Jonathan Lethem

In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by the novelist Jonathan Lethem. Two decades after his breakthrough book Th... Read more

8 Nov 2023

48mins

Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem

Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem

Caleb talks about his favorite book of the year.

3 Oct 2023

20mins

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Jonathan Lethem discusses his latest book, 'Dissident Gardens'

Jonathan Lethem discusses his latest book, 'Dissident Gardens'

Rose Zimmer, an unreconstructed Communist and mercurial tyrant, terrorizes her neighborhood and her family with her pers... Read more

28 Jul 2023

1hr 1min

Episode 16: “Big Claws! Big MECHANICAL Claws!” or Jonathan Lethem’s The Arrest, Part II

Episode 16: “Big Claws! Big MECHANICAL Claws!” or Jonathan Lethem’s The Arrest, Part II

Jonathan Lethem’s climax is fun, exciting, and surprises both Bagg and Dukes by not requiring much action from its alrea... Read more

13 Apr 2023

1hr 16mins

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Episode 15: “Big Tank! Big NUCLEAR Tank!” Jonathan Lethem’s The Arrest, Part I

Episode 15: “Big Tank! Big NUCLEAR Tank!” Jonathan Lethem’s The Arrest, Part I

Jonathan Lethem imagines not so much an apocalypse, but a kind of slow pause of most (but not all) advanced technologies... Read more

3 Apr 2023

1hr 18mins

Jonathan Lethem Reads “Narrowing Valley”

Jonathan Lethem Reads “Narrowing Valley”

Jonathan Lethem reads his story “Narrowing Valley,” which appeared in the October 31, 2022, issue of the magazine. Lethe... Read more

24 Oct 2022

23mins

Jonathan Lethem (with Ann Beattie, Samuel Delany, Denis Johnson, and William Kennedy)

Jonathan Lethem (with Ann Beattie, Samuel Delany, Denis Johnson, and William Kennedy)

The novelist Jonathan Lethem listens here to recordings of his own New York State Writers Institute events over the past... Read more

Jonathan Lethem, Career Retrospective, 2016

Jonathan Lethem, Career Retrospective, 2016

Jonathan Lethem: Live Career Retrospective, hosted by Richard Wolinsky. On March 3, 2016, Richard Wolinsky had a chance ... Read more

31 Jul 2022

2hr 17mins

Jonathan Lethem on Fair Use

Jonathan Lethem on Fair Use

In April 2006, The Institute held a two day symposium about copyright and intellectual property, titled Comedies of Fair... Read more

10 Mar 2022

52mins

Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem tells Richard about his eight talismanic books and also talks about obscure heroes, his love of the sear... Read more

15 Jan 2022

1hr 19mins

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