“Liebson’s book reflects a profound wisdom about people, contemporary culture, and the cities and world we live in.”
–AndrÉ Aciman, Author of Call Me by Your Name and Out of Egypt
“One of the great New York memoirs, updated for our day. A treasure to be read and re-read.”
–Mark Greif, Author of Against Everything: Essays
“A unique, funny, and brutally honest perspective on living in New York City.”
–Jonah Hill, Oscar-Nominated Actor and Director
“In these humane, companionable stories, the trustworthy voice of Jonathan Liebson captures the dilemma of a son trying to honor the heritage of his father, and a mensch trying to enact decency without resorting to self-righteousness.”
–Phillip Lopate
Author of Bachelorhood and Editor of Writing New York
“The linked stories in Jonathan Liebson’s Hello (And Goodbye) To All That are a poem of American life in the late 20th and early 21st century. Tender, beautiful, funny and wise.”
–Rich Cohen
Author of New York Times bestseller Tough Jews and Sweet and Low
“Jonathan Liebson’s book celebrates NYC in sentences built as beautifully as the city itself. Searching for the New York of his father’s youth, Liebson finds instead a home of his own. His joy in living there—through all the chaos, street hassles, surprise tenderness, and cataclysms—will be his readers’ joy too.”
–Heather Harpham
Author of Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After