Overview
J. Robert Lennon is the author of three story collections, "Pieces For The Left Hand," "See You in Paradise," and "Let Me Think," and ten novels, including "Hard Girls," "Broken River," and "Subdivision." His short fiction has appeared in "The New Yorker," "Harper's," "Playboy," "Granta," "The Paris Review," and elsewhere, and his criticism in "The New York Times Book Review," "The Guardian," "The Globe and Mail," "The Nation," and "The London Review of Books." He is the co-editor of "Critical Hits," an anthology of nonfiction writing about video games.
Research Focus
- Creative writing (fiction): contemporary literature
In the news
- Lennon chases down literary thrills in new series
- From pages to pixels: Writers offer literary take on video games
- Ten A&S faculty honored with endowed professorships
- Ling Ma, MFA ’15 to read from her fiction on March 10
- Cornell Reading Series features writers with diverse artistic range
- NYT has recommended "Subdivision" by J. Robert Lennon
- Lennon publishes doubleheader of new fantastical fiction
- ‘Writers & Poets’ faculty reading series begins Nov. 30
- Mark your calendars now for spring Zalaznick Reading Series
- Lennon shares ideas on 'some important third people'