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The Thing Quarterly, No. 7 by Jonathan Lethem
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Tuesday Sep 15, 2009 (5–7pm)
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Read an interview with Jonathan Lethem about The Thing on Flavorwire.
Similar in spirit to Phyllis Johnson's Aspen — a multimedia magazine from the '60s with a table of contents that ranged from phonograph recordings to postcards — The Thing is a wondrous, SF-based periodical enlisting writers, musicians, filmmakers, and artists to make objects that feature text in idiosyncratic ways, such as Miranda July's written-on window shade. For the seventh issue, author Jonathan Lethem constructed the "Chaldron Optical System," a pair of black-framed specs with the text inscribed on its arms. Packaged with a booklet called "Twelve Statements About Chaldrons," the objet d'art ties in with his forthcoming novel, Chronic City. Tonight, Lethem signs editions at NYC's bastion for artist-made titles.
