Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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The essay on books as sandwiches is titled, most appropriately, "Books Are Sandwiches." It appeared in the Book Club Cookbook in 2004, and is collected in More Alive and Less Lonely. I couldn't find it online.



Here is "My First Novels:"
jonathanlethem.com/my-first-novels


What follows is a list of the books I mention in this video, with links to dedicated videos, if I filmed one.


Amnesia Moon: youtube.com/watch?v=GqfK-wm3o20
The Arrest: youtube.com/watch?v=cqh1S-Zo3rI

As She Climbed Across the Table: youtube.com/watch?v=CRDvp5ghJYY

The Blot: youtube.com/watch?v=yRLVv4pmOzw&t
Chronic City: youtube.com/watch?v=Pspw1C8bXkA

The Disappointment Artist
Dissident Gardens: youtube.com/watch?v=tFNbTquUsBI
The Feral Detective: youtube.com/watch?v=MS0vkG_W1zI

The Fortress of Solitude: youtube.com/watch?v=5F9Gfad0tts&t

Girl in Landscape: youtube.com/watch?v=hJ99tN1vNjo&t

Gun, With Occasional Music: youtube.com/watch?v=lL0XwTkW0jo
Motherless Brooklyn: coming soon?
The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye
You Don't Love Me Yet


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