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I hate feeling too complacent when I write. I like to be solving new problems.

Jonathan Lethem

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