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I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram.

Jonathan Lethem

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Jonathan Lethem
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: February 19
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New York City
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Jonathan Allen Lethem
Harry Conklin
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