It wasn’t a tiger. It was a raccoon, and so, alas, we are not in Chronic City.
(“They do both have black markings.”)
The Hidden Masterpieces Of The N.Y.C. Subway
On May 1, a new book about Philip Ashforth Coppola, who has been trying to preserve the art of the New York Subway system by recreating them in drawings, will be published by Princeton Architectural Press, with a Foreword by Jonathan Lethem. It looks like a real keeper.
Dissident Gardens
In the Netherlands, Dissident Gardens has been translated into an actual garden.
Motherless Brooklyn. At last.
Edward Norton’s film adaptation of Motherless Brooklyn has hit the ground running — as has co-star Bruce Willis, as you can see in this behind-the-scenes clip.
Mourning, Loss, and Despair. Yes.
Chronic City thanks Chronic City
A movie called LETHEM
http://metrograph.com/film/film/1022/lethem
This is intriguing, and possibly awkward. A film about him, who is me. He/I looks stressed out in that still from the Metrograph website. Is the film unauthorized? Come and find out.
We like this.
We’re thankful, Mr. Wood.
http://quarterlyconversation.com/zipping-up-the-elephant-suit-jonathan-lethems-latest-quartet
Cluuuuuute!
No knock on anyone else, but until you’ve been read by John Clute you might not have been read at all.
Talking With Kleffel About Talking With Rickels
I always look forward to seeing Rick Kleffel in San Francisco. It’s one of the best conversations a writer on book tour could hope for, and he and I have been carrying it on intermittently for two decades now.
