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The past is still visible. The buildings haven't changed, the layout of the streets hasn't changed. So memory is very available to me as I walk around.

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Jonathan Lethem
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: February 19
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Essayist
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Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Jonathan Allen Lethem
Harry Conklin
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