Jonathan Lethem: Unbound at BAM (Complete Talk)
698 views · Published 17 September 2013 · 1:17:14 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: BAMorg · 2013 · Education
Jonathan Lethem Moderated by Laura Miller Part of Unbound Presented by BAM and Greenlight Bookstore Brooklyn literary luminary Jonathan Lethem—a MacArthur fellow and the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Chronic City, Motherless Brooklyn, and The Fortress of Solitude—comes to BAM for an exclusive event to celebrate the launch of his latest novel, Dissident Gardens. Lethem's masterful new work chronicles the radical foibles, both personal and political, of a mother and daughter in Sunnyside, Queens. Deftly navigating the family's tumultuous history through McCarthyism, civil rights, and 70s Aquarian culture, and right up to the present day with the Occupy movement, Lethem paints a vivid portrait of flawed American utopic idealism, shimmering with sensitivity and warmth.
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