Boyhood: The Moment Seizes You

By Jonathan Lethem

Essays—

Oct 10, 2016

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Jonathan Lethem is the author of eleven novels, including Chronic City and Girl in Landscape. His newest, The Arrest, will be published in November. His stories and essays, including his film writing, have been collected in five volumes. He lives in Los Angeles and Maine.

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