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Author Archives: Jonathan
Jonathan Santlofer's Blog
In Sunlight or In Shadow
Edward Hopper, that most American of artists: girlie shows, movie theaters, gas stations at night, that famous diner, strangers glimpsed in windows, the lonely streets, landscapes filled with yearning. Despite the isolation, or because of it, Hopper strikes a chord, touches us, draws us in. His subjects inhabit a world constructed entirely by the artist: Read more…
The CWE Spring Literary Salon April 12
The CWE Spring Literary Salon Tuesday, Tuesday, April 12 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM CCNY Division of Interdisciplinary Studies CWE Auditorium, 25 Broadway, 7th Fl , NY NY 10004 The writer and playwright, Seamus Scanlon, asked me to participate in this and I said yes. One reason is that my father put himself through night school at City College, so it Read more…
Posted in Events
Talkin’ ’bout TV
Let’s talk television, which just may be the new novel. Something that frightens me, being a writer and all. It’s so hard to compete with all of those great shows, even some of the not so great ones. Binge-watching is just so… addictive. I know reading is more relaxing and helps me get to sleep, Read more…
Posted in News
Tagged Ellen Burstyn, Grantchester, Happy Valley, House of Cards, Jake Bugg, James Norton, Kevin Spacey, Nathan Darrow, Robin Wright, Sarah Lancashire, Shakesperean
Draw With Me in Italy
Imagine… Drawing in and around the hills of Assisi… Looking at nature, architecture, the figure, all the while soaking up Italian culture. Looking and learning from Giotto’s amazing & beautiful frescoes just a few steps away in the cathedral. All of this, and more. Like I’ve been saying: Come draw with me (sung to the tune of Read more…
Posted in Featured News, News
Tagged Assisi, Giotto
Food City
As most of you know, my wife, Joy, died suddenly and unexpectedly two years ago. At the time, she was close to finishing her 5-year book project, Food City: 400 Centuries of Food Making in New York. This epic, history-changing book is scheduled for release by WW Norton in June 2015 but there are still many things Read more…
Posted in Events, Featured News
Tagged Doria Santlofer, Food City, Joy Santlofer, new york
Jewish Noir
Jewish Noir – Join us for contemporary tales of crime and other deeds with editor Kenneth Wishnia and a line up of co-conspirators and contributors you don’t want to miss.
Posted in Events, Featured News
Tagged Jewish Noir, Kenneth Wishnia, Mysterious Book Shop, S.J. Rozan
Summer Workshop at CFA
Dear Friends, I will be teaching a 4-day intensive short story crime fiction workshop July 13-16 at the Center For Fiction. My intention is to bring students from story inception all the way to a polished ready-for-submission piece of work. If you know anyone who has a crime story up their sleeve, wants to write Read more…
Posted in Featured News, News
Tagged Crime Fiction Academy, workshops
Saul Bellow Centennial Celebration
A great night of Bellow readings to a SRO crowd at Housing Works NYC. Beena Kamlani, Saul Bellow’s last editor, who put the event together, introduced the evening with a few personal stories about working with the author later in his life. The poet and literary critic, Adam Kirsch, read an evocative passage from Henderson the Read more…
Posted in Featured News, News
Tagged Adam Kirsch, AM Homes, Beena Kamlani, Colum McCann, Deborah Treisman, Saul Bellow
The Line-Up: Hollywood Murder
Hey folks. A piece I wrote re-imagining the Lana Turner / Johnnny Stampanato murder case, in the voices of the participants, is on The Lineup today. I did a few sketches to accompany it as well. Please have a look. I hope you enjoy it. http://www.the-line-up.com/hollywood-homicide-lana-turner-johnny-stompanato/
Posted in Essays, Featured News
Tagged JohnnnyStampanato, Lana Turner
Dark City Lights and Mysterious Book Shop
I have a new story in this terrific collection put together by the one and only Lawrence Block. Larry said, “Just write a New York story, Jonathan,” and that’s what I did. It may be a surprise because everyone else’s story is a mystery and mine is memoir, but there’s some darkness in this true Read more…
Posted in Events, Featured News
Tagged Dark City Lights, Jonathan Santlofer, Larry Block, Mysterious Book Shop, S.J. Rozan
