Watch Jonathan Lethem LIVE from the NYPL at 7pm EDT Tonight!

We're pleased to announce that FORA.tv will present Jonathan Lethem LIVE from the NYPL as the second event of the Fall 2010 Season. The program begins at 7 pm EDT and online passes are available for $4.95.

Jonathan Lethem will join Paul Holdengräber for a conversation as he bids farewell to his friends and fans at his last event before leaving for his appointed position as the Roy Edward Disney Professor in Creative Writing at Pomona College in California.

Jonathan Lethem is the author of seven novels, including The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Jonathem Lethem is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and his most recent book is Chronic City.

LIVE from the NYPL is Cognitive Theater, with a mission to provoke, engage, enlighten, instigate and agitate the mind. LIVE is: provocative conversations, real debates, irresistible performances, original ideas.

Other LIVE from the NYPL Fall 2010 programs include:

DAVID CHANG, RENE REDZEPI & RUTH REICHL
in conversation
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 7:00PM
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LIVE from the NYPL and The Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
DAVID GROSSMAN & NICOLE KRAUSS
in conversation
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7:00PM
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STEVEN JOHNSON & KEVIN KELLY
in conversation
Monday, October 18, 2010 at 8:00PM
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THE MOTH
OMG: Stories of the Sacred
Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 8:00pm
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W.S. MERWIN
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Friday, October 22, 2010 at 7:00PM
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ANGELA DAVIS & TONI MORRISON
in conversation
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 7:00PM
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ANTONIA FRASER
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 7:00PM
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SLAVOJ ZIZEK
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 7:00PM
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EDWIDGE DANTICAT
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 7:00PM
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ANTONIO DAMASIO & MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
in conversation
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 7:00PM
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SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 7:00PM
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ZADIE SMITH
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 7:00PM
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DEREK WALCOTT
The Robert B. Silvers Lecture
Friday, December 3, 2010 at 7:00PM
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NATIONAL LAMPOON REVISITED
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 7:00PM
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