Jonathan Garfinkel

Written By Pamela Hensley
 

Listen to full episode “03 - Conversation with Jonathan Garfinkel” :

Jonathan Garfinkel is a Canadian playwright, poet, essayist and novelist who got his start in theatre in Georgia in the early 2000s. His plays include The Trials of John Demjanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret, the controversial show about a man accused of being Ivan the Terrible; House of Many Tongues, which won him an nomination for a Governor Generals’ award, about the residents of a house in Gaza shared by an Israeli and a Palestinian; and Cockroach, the play adapted from the novel by Rawi Hage. Jonathan has also published essays, poetry, a memoir, and in 2023, his debut novel, In a Land Without Dogs the Cats Learn to Bark.

Jonathan’s recommended reads:

  • Nicholson Baker

  • Jenny Erpenbeck

  • Tilman Rammstedt

  • Nino Haratischwili

Listen to our conversation now.

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