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Jonathan’s review of Jody Rosen’s Two Wheels Good: The History
and Mystery of the Bicycle appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books (June 26, 2022).
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The personal essay/memoir Confessions of a Cyclist appeared in
The American Scholar (June 1, 2022).
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On the 20th anniversary of September 11th, Jonathan’s memoir and photographic essay 9/11: Taking the Long View, appeared in The American Scholar (Sept. 11, 2021).
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At the NYU Symposium ReVision and ReForm: Teaching Writing Across Borders, Jonathan moderated the panel The Ethics and Question of the Self, with Natalie Friedman, Jacob Appel, and Olga Breydo. October 23-24, 2020.
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Jonathan will teach a 6-week combination craft class and story-writing workshop on Short-Short Fiction (Mondays, 6:30 pm, June 1-July 6, 2020), at NYU’s School of Professional Studies.
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Jonathan’s essay Second Avenue Elevated, a memoir about the distant world of his father’s childhood in New York City in the 1940s and ’50s, appears in Tablet Magazine (August 29, 2019).
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Jonathan will teach a 6-week literature course on the Coming-of-Age Short Story (Mondays, 6pm, June 3-July 8, 2019), at NYU’s School of Professional Studies.
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Jonathan’s essay Revisiting the Deep Sense of Place in Alice Munro’s Debut, 50 Years Later, on the Nobel Prize writer’s first collection, appears in The Atlantic Magazine (theatlantic.com) (Jan. 3, 2019).
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Jonathan’s photography won Honorable Mention in the New York Center for Photographic Arts’ contest Urban Landscapes, Suburban Scenes and Rural Impressions, and is exhibited in their online gallery (Summer/Fall, 2018).
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Jonathan’s review of A.D. Jameson’s I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture appears in The Washington Post Sunday Book World (June 3, 2018).
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This summer Jonathan will teach a 5-week literature course called American Masterpieces of Short Fiction (Mondays, June 4-July 2, 2018) at NYU’s School of Professional Studies.
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Jonathan’s review of Clinton Crockett Peters’ Pandora’s Garden: Kudzu, Cockroaches, and Other Misfits of Ecology appears in The Texas Observer (April 27, 2018).
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Jonathan’s review of Stuart Kells’ The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders appears in The Chicago Review of Books (April 17, 2018).
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Jonathan’s photography appeared at the group showing Let There Be Light (and Shadow) at Umbrella Arts Gallery, E. 9th St., NYC (Feb 1-Mar 3, 2018).
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Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Conference: Moderator of panel Narrative Cross-Dressing: Men Writing as Women, Women Writing as Men, with Chris Castellani, Leni Zumas, and Stacy Bierlien. Denver, CO. April 8, 2010 Panel Description (scroll down to R182)
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Jonathan’s story "Winterset Spring" appeared in Fifth Wednesday Journal (along with a story by Pulitzer-Prize Winner Elizabeth Strout) in the fall 2009 issue. Click Here for a link to the magazine.
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In September Jonathan will teach a 5-week creative writing course called The Coming-of-Age Story (Tuesday nights, 9/29-10/27) at NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies Course Description
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This summer Jonathan is teaching an 8-week evening course (June 3-July 22), Fiction Writing I, at NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
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Actor Dan Hodge, of Philadelphia’s InterAct Theatre Company, performed a staged reading of “A Courtship” (short story) as part of InterAct’s Writing Aloud series. Feb. 9, 2009 Event Program Writing Aloud History
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Live at the Writers House. A brief interview and excerpt of the story "A Courtship" was broadcast on WXPN FM, Philadelphia public radio, in conjunction with University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writers House. Feb. 2, 2009. Archive available at: Kelly Writers House (episode 74)
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Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Conference: Moderator of panel From Stories to Novels: Crossing the Great Divide, with Thisbe Nissen, Bret Anthony Johnston, and Michelle Wildgen. NY, NY. Feb. 1, 2008 Panel Description (scroll down to F135)
