Jonathan Garfinkel

How I Wrote This

May 7 2024 • 54 mins

Jonathan Garfinkel is a Canadian playwright, poet, and novelist who lives in Berlin. He got his start in theatre in Georgia in the early 2000s under the tutelage of Paul Thompson . His plays include The Trials of John Demjhanjuk: 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, 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


How I Wrote This is created and hosted by Pamela Hensley

Presented by Knockabout Media.

Original music track Attention to Details by Tyler K. Rauman

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