About the author:
Jonathan Liebson’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The American Scholar, Los Angeles Review of Books, Tablet Magazine, and Texas Observer, among many other journals. He teaches courses in writing and literature at Eugene Lang College of The New School and has taught previously at NYU, Gotham Writers’ Workshop, Miami of Ohio, and College of Charleston.
About the moderator:
Jacob M. Appel is the author of many books of fiction and nonfiction, including Who Says You're Dead?, The Biology of Luck, and The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up, in addition to being a professor of psychiatry and medical education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and a licensed NYC tour guide.
About this book:
A child of suburban Chicago, Jonathan Liebson grew up hearing tales about the fabled New York City of his father’s day—from the World’s Fair and Mayor La Guardia to his grandfather’s drugstore in Midtown—before he eventually takes his own stab at living in the Big Apple. Hello (And Goodbye) To All That explores a changing New York from the days of Tower Records and The Village Voice through the era of cell phones and bike lanes. The book combines funny and moving stories from daily life with an up-close view of larger historical events: witnessing 9/11 from his roof deck; hearing Barack Obama in Washington Square Park; living in a darkened swath of Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy; teaching uprooted students from the epicenter of the pandemic; and much more.
“Jonathan Liebson’s book reflects a profound wisdom about people ... and the cities and world we live in.”
—ANDRÉ ACIMAN, author of Call Me By Your Name
“A unique, funny, and brutally honest perspective on living in New York.”
—JONAH HILL, Oscar-Nominated Actor and Director
“One of the great New York memoirs, updated for our day.”
—MARK GREIF, author of Against Everything
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