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I don't write about anything I don't love even if that love sometimes gets all screwed up and tormented.

Jonathan Lethem

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Jonathan Lethem
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: February 19
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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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I'm learning to hate the sound of my own voice.
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