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Left: Jonathan Lethem (c) Ditte Ostergaard. Right: Betsy Sussler

BOMBLive!
Jonathan Lethem by Betsy Sussler
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland
October 2, 2008

This BOMBlive was co-produced by the Cleveland Institute of Art.

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“Appropriations, references, echoes, are all native to the act of making.”

—Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem, best-selling author of Motherless Brooklyn, Fortress of Solitude, and The Disappointment Artist, talks with Betsy Sussler, co-founder and editor in chief of BOMB Magazine. Lethem’s tales incorporate the elements of noir mysteries, westerns, science fiction, and comic books. A contributing editor to BOMB, he has been featured in conversation with with Noah Baumbach and Lydia Millet. You can see Jonathan’s website here.

This interview was part of the “Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow: The Kacalieff Lecture Series 2007–2008.” For more information about this series and the Cleveland Institute of Art, visit their website at www.cia.edu.

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Photography: Glazen Creative
Editing: Courtney Nicolson