Ten years ago, at Philip Roth’s urging, his agent, Andrew Wylie, informed the literary critic and academic Ira Nadel “that he didn’t have permission to quote from Roth’s work, nor would ...

NEWARK — Yes, there were countless liver jokes, in reference to the most creatively abused organ in American fiction, as in: “After reading Philip Roth’s ‘Portnoy’s Complaint,’ I could ...

By Marc Tracy For John Turturro, it was time to honor Philip Roth. Turturro, the veteran actor, had been friends with the novelist for nearly a quarter-century when Roth died in 2018 at 85.

When Philip Roth died in 2018 at age 85, all eyes turned to Blake Bailey, his appointed biographer who’d been hard at work on a Roth biography already for several years. Roth fans such as myself ...

The center produced the festival—officially titled “Philip Roth Unbound: Illuminating a Literary Legacy. Since taking the job of President and CEO of NJPAC in 2011, John Schreiber had wanted ...

Before writing 31 novels and non-fiction books, winning the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Awards and countless other literary laurels, plus widespread recognition as one of the greatest authors of ...

Paterson had William Carlos Williams. And Newark was lucky enough to have two: Amiri Baraka and Philip Roth. Hard to imagine two writers more different. Or, possibly, more similar. "They're both ...

Then, they explore author Philip Roth’s life and legacy. Joined by: David S. Brown, author, ""Paradise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald"" Rosemary Steinbaum, Trustee, Newark Public Library ...