Philip Roth

I should have slept with Philip Roth

"Would you like to taste one of my cherries?" the great writer asked me, flirtatiously. And then I blew it

Periel Aschenbrand Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 66
Life Books, Philip Roth

Rachel Kushner’s ambitious new novel scares male critics

When Rachel Kushner -- not a venerable male auteur -- writes the Great American Novel, male reviewers are flummoxed

Laura Miller Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013 11:00 PM UTC 81
Life Books, Fiction, Rachel Kushner

Is “shiksa” an insult?

The Yiddish word has become a part of the English lexicon, but its connotation remains fluid

Menachem Kaiser, LA Review of Books Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 5:20 PM UTC 71
Life LA Review of Books, Shiksa

New York magazine asks 28 men and five women to assess Philip Roth

Seriously? Twenty-eight to 5? This is why we need to keep talking about gender imbalance in the literary world

Roxane Gay Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 5:18 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, Philip Roth, Women writers

Philip Roth’s retirement lesson

The author hung it up when he lost his unreasonable devotion to writing fiction -- and inspired me to follow suit

Dwight Allen, LA Review of Books Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 12:39 PM UTC
Social LA Review of Books, Art, Fiction

My dinner with Philip Roth

His retirement announcement several weeks ago came as no surprise. He told me himself that he was "kaput"

Neal Pollack, The Jewish Daily Forward Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 8:03 PM UTC
Entertainment The Jewish Daily Forward

Worry makes the best literature

Author Steven Amsterdam discusses his favorite anxiety-themed books, from Joan Didion to Philip Roth

Daisy Banks, The Browser Monday, Nov 26, 2012 12:45 PM UTC
Entertainment Philip Roth, The Browser

Your breakup is boring

David Foster Wallace was inspired to write about a breakup. So are a lot of memoirists. It's not always worth it

James Camp Monday, Nov 12, 2012 7:43 PM UTC
Entertainment Rachel Cusk, Mary Karr

Philip Roth: A eulogy for a living man

Coming to grips with the 78-year-old literary legend's declaration that, after 31 books, his work is done

Panio Gianopoulos Saturday, Nov 10, 2012 5:05 PM UTC
Entertainment Philip Roth, Jonathan Franzen

Philip Roth: “I’m done”

The most decorated living American author quietly announces his retirement in an interview with a French magazine

David Daley Friday, Nov 9, 2012 5:27 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, Philip Roth

Benjamin Anastas: My novel made the world yawn

A prestigious press bought my book and I thought my literary career was set. Really, the failure was just beginning

Benjamin Anastas Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 7:55 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, Writers and Writing

In praise of Nobel obscurity

Quit saying the Nobel Prize should go to Philip Roth or Bob Dylan

Laura Miller Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 4:17 PM UTC
Entertainment Bob Dylan, Nobel Prize

Does Philip Roth know what inspired his novel?

The writer penned an open letter on the origins of "The Human Stain." Now a dissenter has emerged

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 6:29 PM UTC 11
Entertainment Philip Roth, New York, literature

Philip Roth vs. Wikipedia

The author petitioned for Wikipedia to correct an entry about his novel, but was told he was not a credible source

Prachi Gupta Friday, Sep 7, 2012 9:00 PM UTC 19
Entertainment Philip Roth, The New Yorker

“I’ve stopped reading fiction”

A literary icon, like many older readers, has turned away from made-up stories. Why?

Laura Miller Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011 5:20 PM UTC 105
Entertainment Readers and Reading

Passing on Philip Roth

So why is every female who dislikes his novels accused of political correctness?

Laura Miller Monday, May 23, 2011 6:23 PM UTC 38
Entertainment Philip Roth, Literary Prizes

Philip Roth’s Jewish question

In his affecting new book, Roth's young hero abandons his Jewish upbringing for life in small town Ohio.

Louis Bayard Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008 10:37 AM UTC 15
Entertainment Fiction, Religion, Philip Roth

“Elegy” for a topless bombshell

Pen

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Aug 8, 2008 6:44 PM UTC 12
Entertainment Fiction, Beyond the Multiplex

Phallus doesn’t live here anymore

Philip Roth's aging alter ego returns to New York to confront his unrealizable lust and his fear that "reading/writing people" may be finished.

Brendan Bernhard Thursday, Oct 4, 2007 11:13 AM UTC
Entertainment Philip Roth, Books

“Everyman”

Philip Roth subjects his unnamed hero to innumerable physical maladies -- a bad hernia, heart surgery, a burst appendix and more -- in his new, death-obsessed novel.

Philip Connors Wednesday, Jun 7, 2006 12:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Philip Roth, Books

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