Arts & Entertainment - April 2, 2007
Lethem works to shake off Brooklyn shackles
Perception is everything and no one knows that better than Brooklyn-born author Jonathan Lethem. The author of six novels, a collection of essays and at least three books of short fiction, Lethem has been so pegged as a Brooklyn author that few -- including us, obviously -- can resist focusing on the fact that his latest novel is set in Los Angeles.
Tags: Lethem, Brooklyn, You Don't Love Me Yet, Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn, Schwartz