Jonathan Lethem tells the NYTimes he doesn't "seek out" books about Brooklyn...perhaps he should check out our "Faces of Brooklyn" panel?
Ā NYTimes Interviewer: What are your favorite Brooklyn stories? And now that youāre at Pomona College, your favorite books about California? Jonathan Lethem: Two merciless little novels ā Paula Foxās āDesperate Charactersā and L.āJ. Davisās āA Meaningful Lifeā ā bring to life the South Brooklyn I knew as a child in the early ā70s. Apart from that, however, I donāt much seek out books about Brooklyn; Iām more turned on by what Brooklyn grain I detect (or imagine I detect) in the voices of certain Brooklyn-born writers who leave the place largely unexplored as a subject: Robert Stone, Gilbert Sorrentino, Maurice Sendak.[...]
Faces of Brooklyn : New Yorkās coolest borough is home to hipsters, people who dislike hipsters and literary starsāamong them, Brooklyn enthusiasts Pete Hamill (The Christmas Kid), Adelle Waldman (The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.) and Adrian Tomine (New York Drawings). These powerhouses plant uniquely different characters in a nostalgic Brooklyn, a contemporary Brooklyn and a colorful Brooklyn that jumps off the page. Moderated by Penina Roth (Franklin Park Reading Series).
The panel will take place Sunday, Sept 22 at 3 pm in the Brooklyn Borough Hall Courtroom, 209 Joralemon St.
