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DESCRIPTION:The Society for the Humanities welcomes Jonathan Lethem\, Roy E
 dward Disney '51 Professor of Creative Writing and Professor of English at
  Pomona College\, to present his talk "The Novel as Lyric Essay and Stage 
 Play."\n\nOut of his twenty-five years’ experience as creative writing i
 nstructor\, Lethem will present his eccentric personal account of the elem
 ents and development of the basic forms of literary fiction – an account
  which\, while possibly a kind of fiction itself\, may prove a useful mode
 l for writers and readers to consider.\n\nCelebrated for his novels\, shor
 t stories and essays\, Jonathan Lethem is recognized today as one of Ameri
 ca’s foremost contemporary writers. His works include nine novels\, five
  short-story collections\, six non-fiction books and an array of essays pu
 blished in such publications as Rolling Stone\, Harper’s and The New Yor
 ker.\n\nHis novel Motherless Brooklyn was named Novel of the Year by Esqui
 re magazine and won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Salon B
 ook Award\, as well as the Macallan Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger.
  He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2005. At Pomona\, he teaches classe
 s in creative writing and contemporary fiction.\n\nFollowing his talk\, a 
 selection of Lethem's books will be available to purchase from PM Press. \
 n\nIn addition to his visit to the Society for the Humanities\, Lethem wil
 l be participating in the Ithaca is Books festival on Friday \, September 
 13 and Saturday\, September 14 in downtown Ithaca. More information on the
  festival's events can be found here: https://www.ithacaisbooks.org/schedu
 le. \n\nRegistration not required. Free and open to the public. Reception 
 to follow the lecture.
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LOCATION:A.D. White House\, Guerlac Room
SUMMARY:“The Novel as Lyric Essay and Stage Play”
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