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Nov 7: Book Launch for Jonathan Wells' THE STERNS ARE LISTENING

  • Jeffrey Deitch 18 Wooster Street New York, NY, 10013 United States (map)

Jonathan Wells and Michael Zilkha in Conversation at Jeffrey Deitch

Nov 7, 6 PM EST • New York, NY: Jeffrey Deitch • 18 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013

Jeffrey Deitch and ZE Books publisher Michael Zilkha invite you to join Jonathan Wells to celebrate the publication of his debut novel The Sterns Are Listening. A reading and conversation between Jonathan and Michael will begin at 6:30, followed by a wine reception and book signing. Book sales courtesy of McNally Jackson.

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The Sterns Are Listening

From acclaimed poet and memoirist Jonathan Wells comes a raucous and aching New York novel about family derangement, Boomer laments and youthful revolt, rock and roll, and the sacrifices we make for what we love.

Release: Nov 7, 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 9781736309377 • 288 pages


Jonathan Wells’s memoir The Skinny was published in 2021 by ZE Books. He has also published three collections of poems: Debris (2021), The Man with Many Pens (2015), and Train Dance (2011). His poems have been published or are forthcoming in The New Yorker, The New Republic, AGNI and the Bennington Review. The Sterns Are Listening is his first work of fiction.