Arts Desk
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LETHEM AMONG NEW YORK ‘GENIUSES’
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named its 2005 MacArthur fellows, each of whom will receive a $500,000 check. New York City recipients include documentary filmmaker Edet Belzber; the founder and director of Sustainable South Bronx, Majora Carter; sculptor Teresita Fernandez; Brooklyn novelist Jonathan Lethem, and painter Julie Mehretu. Mr. Lethem, 41, was the only New York City recipient not in his 30s. The MacArthur Foundation’s annual grant making totals $175 million.