The Art of The Widower’s Notebook

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Jonathan

After my wife, Joy’s, sudden death I hid all of the photographs – it was too painful for me to have them around, particularly to come upon them unexpectedly. I needed to be prepared, in control, and drawing provided that. … Continue reading →

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Praise for The Widower’s Notebook

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Jonathan

“The Widower’s Notebook is a searing rendition of the complex relationship between men and grief—an intense despair that is too often starved for words. This chronicle of devastation is itself devastating, a deeply powerful and unflinchingly honest report of how painfully and strangely life continues Read more…

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Backstage at Symphony Space

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Jonathan

Backstage at Symphony Space before the “It Occurs to Me That I Am America” event in front of a packed audience on a rainy winter night in NYC. Amazing evening!

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The Library Journal Reviews The Widower’s Notebook

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Jonathan

    “Nero Award winner whose debut novel, The Death Artist, was an international best seller and an artist whose works grace major collections (e.g., the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Santlofer writes about the shock of his wife’s sudden, unexpected death and his inability to Read more…

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Brooklyn Eagle Interview – Jonathan Santlofer ‘It Occurs to Me That I am America’

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Jonathan

Santlofer grew up wanting to be an artist, went to art school, undergrad and graduate, and spent the first half of his adult life as a fairly successful painter. When a gallery fire destroyed nearly ten years of his artwork, he became a writer. His Read more…

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The 504 TV Show Interview Tom Piazza and Jonathan Santlofer

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Jonathan

Tom Piazza and Jonathan Santlofer join us to talk about their new book “It Occurs To Me I Am America…”

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Joyce Carol Oates and Jonathan Santlofer at the San Francisco Public Library

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Jonathan

Jonathan Santlofer and Joyce Carol Oates in conversation at the San Francisco Public Library celebrating the new anthology “It Occurs to Me That I Am America,” featuring the work of 35 celebrated authors, is published in support of the American Civil Liberties Union on the one Read more…

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Salon Talks – It Occurs to Me That I Am America Interview

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Jonathan

Mary Elizabeth Williams interviews Jonathan Santlofer and Angela Flournoy about the new Anthology It Occurs to Me That I Am America for Salon Talks.

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Book Tour and Events – It Occurs to Me That I Am America

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Jonathan

NEW YORK, NY – Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 7:00 PM Strand Bookstore 828 Broadway, Rare Books Rm *Contributors LEE CHILD, SUSAN MINOT, ANGELA FLOURNOY, MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, JAMES HANNAHAM and artist ERIC FISCHL in conversation with Editor JONATHAN SANTLOFER Please visit: http://www.strandbooks.com/event/occurs-i-am-america BOSTON, MA – Monday, Read more…

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It Occurs to Me That I Am America – Excerpt

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Jonathan

The following is an excerpt from It Occurs to Me That I am American IT OCCURS TO ME THAT I AM AMERICA Foreword The idea for this book came together over a weekend not long after the 2016 presidential election. For weeks I had been Read more…

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