@char_leelee

writing @nybooks @newyorker @parisreview @harpers @nytimes etc // former senior editor @harpers

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Joined July 2021
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I wrote about John Gregory Dunne for @nybooks! The thrust of it is basically this:
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for the past month or so i was a juror on a trial that finally just ended. probably the most fun i've ever had. i already miss everyone so much
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john gregory dunne did it better nybooks.com/articles/2026/05…
Alex Griswold
@HashtagGriswoldSep 21
The literacy crisis is real. A friend sent me this: this is an essay that successfully got someone admitted to Harvard.
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Some news: I’ve decided to leave my job to go write! I love Harper’s, and I’m so grateful to all the writers I’ve edited over five happy years. But I’m psyched to be on the other side of things. Editors, I would love to write for you (find me at [email protected]). More TK!
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Also: apply for my job! You’ll work with the coolest people in the world, and be part of a great union fighting for a fair contract harpers.org/careers/

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In the new @Harpers: the great Ian Penman on Alice Coltrane! what could be better
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All She Dreamed, by Ian Penman

Alice Coltrane’s dark night of the soul

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I'm in @nytimesbooks today with a piece about Christian Kracht and melting my brain on facebook marketplace nytimes.com/2026/07/15/books…

A Novel That Swerves From Quaint Cottagecore to Frenzied Fantasy

In “Air,” by the Swiss writer Christian Kracht, a decorator’s unusual commission leads abruptly into another universe.

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“Some writers have a talent for describing families; John Gregory Dunne’s was for neighborhoods.” —an interview with @char_leelee go.nybooks.com/4y4R1BO

‘Extraordinarily Profitable Fiduciary Rapport’ | Charlie Lee, Chandler Fritz

The old saying “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is, in fact, not all that old, and not really a saying. It was written by the Las Vegas Convention

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“The world is made of the cash that flows through it.” —an interview with @char_leelee go.nybooks.com/4bfJPsO

‘Extraordinarily Profitable Fiduciary Rapport’ | Charlie Lee, Chandler Fritz

The old saying “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is, in fact, not all that old, and not really a saying. It was written by the Las Vegas Convention

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Charlie Lee retweeted
Micah Lasher
@MicahLasherJul 10
I stood in solidarity with @Local2110UAW @harpersmagunion members on the picket line this morning. Harper’s has a storied history — and it’s because of the writers and editors who work there. I stand with them in their fight — now two years’ long — for a fair contract.
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In an industry where lower compensation is the norm, Harper’s salaries still fall far behind those of other magazines.
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“Some writers have a talent for describing families; John Gregory Dunne’s was for neighborhoods.” —an interview with @char_leelee go.nybooks.com/4y4R1BO

‘Extraordinarily Profitable Fiduciary Rapport’ | Charlie Lee, Chandler Fritz

The old saying “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is, in fact, not all that old, and not really a saying. It was written by the Las Vegas Convention

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I chatted with @nybooks about money, screenwriting, and what Joan Didion could possibly have liked about her husband nybooks.com/online/2026/07/0…

‘Extraordinarily Profitable Fiduciary Rapport’ | Charlie Lee, Chandler Fritz

The old saying “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is, in fact, not all that old, and not really a saying. It was written by the Las Vegas Convention

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and here's the original piece! nybooks.com/articles/2026/05…

What Happened in Vegas | Charlie Lee

An impulsive trip to America’s “idiot Disneyland” thrust John Gregory Dunne among characters who, like him, sought distraction from their private miseries.

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For the July issue of @Harpers, I wrote about Johannes Vermeer and a new biography that I did not love. harpers.org/archive/2026/07/…

Where the Light Falls, by Clare Bucknell

Who was Johannes Vermeer?

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“John Gregory Dunne was a writer of high taste who delighted in the distasteful, an arch and erudite stylist with the gutter-bound soul of a tabloid hack.” —@char_leelee go.nybooks.com/4ePWGVl

What Happened in Vegas | Charlie Lee

An impulsive trip to America’s “idiot Disneyland” thrust John Gregory Dunne among characters who, like him, sought distraction from their private miseries.

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This week in the WRB, we feature: @leah_mandel in @vanmusicmag on insects in music, @RossBarkan on “Pet Sounds,” and @char_leelee in @nybooks on John Gregory Dunne’s recently reissued memoir of Las Vegas. Read these and more, here: washingreview.com/p/wrbmay-1…

WRB—May 13, 2026

“one’s own problems”

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Nick Schulz@nickschulzMay 14
Was unfamiliar with @char_leelee until reading this but if you love great writing please read. You will enjoy it tremendously.
Charlie Lee@char_leeleeMay 7
I wrote about John Gregory Dunne for @nybooks! The thrust of it is basically this:
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“John Gregory Dunne found something about [Las Vegas] strangely soothing—its transience and uniformity, the feeling that people were not living in the moment but in the long aftermath of whatever the moment had been.” —@char_leelee go.nybooks.com/4eO7wv2

What Happened in Vegas | Charlie Lee

An impulsive trip to America’s “idiot Disneyland” thrust John Gregory Dunne among characters who, like him, sought distraction from their private miseries.

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