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Cover of 9 Failures of the Imagination

9 Failures of the Imagination

by Jonathan Lethem (2001)

Setting
Lethem's own room in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, in the days after September 11, 2001
About
A New York Times Magazine essay, Sept. 23, 2001, written from home in Boerum Hill. Jonathan Lethem is our Author of the Month for November 2026.
Source
nytimes.com
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