Banned Books Week begins Sept. 24, um, today (which is Sept. 24). I can imagine no finer distinction. Full ALA Banned Books list behind the cut — bold the ones you’ve read. Two observations about this list: If people read more, there’d be a lot more books on it. (Most of them are practically QUAINT.) …
Jeff Ford reacts to Jonathan Lethem’s geniushood and Matt Cheney’s reaction to it: He feels that, although Lethem deserves the recognition for his fine work, the Award would do better to have been bestowed on a writer who has not yet “made it” and could better use the money. I congratulate Lethem. He’s written some …
You may assume I’m predisposed to like a book like The Girl in the Glass. It features some of my very favorite things–both as pieces of reality and fictional constructs–including but not limited to the Spiritualist movement, Coney Island freaks, magicians, butterflies, stylish con men, a witty girl, at least a few monsters, a murder …
Jonathan Lethem just won a MacArthur. (Thx to Reechard, for the heads up.) Holla! I imagine this is the award that will launch a thousand posts. And I love how the one sentence USA Today bio understates things: Jonathan Lethem, 41, New York City writer whose work has been published in The New Yorker and …