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Oct 2, 2012

Brooklyn’s MacArthur Fellows: A History

By Brooklyn Magazine and Brooklyn Magazine Staff

Jonathan Lethem, 2005, Writer
The Boerum Hill-born novelist became the face of Brooklyn lit—an honor we suspect he didn’t necessarily want. He has since decamped for California.

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