Roth, Bailey considered in the Nation
Roth‘s legacy considered in The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/philip-roth-biography-misogyny/
Philip Roth, Reconsidered Roundtable This Week!
The roundtable, featuring Steven Zipperstein, Aimee Pozorski, and Jesse Tisch, is this week. It will be 3pm PT/6pm ET. You can register here: https://sgs.stanford.edu/events/philip-roth-reconsidered
The Guardian on Roth
A piece in today's Guardian discusses the controversy surrounding the Bailey biography and Roth's legacy: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/23/the-reputation-game-how-authors-try-to-control-their-image-from-beyond-the-grave
Roth Society Letter Featured in The New Republic and The Washington Post Book Club
The statement recently issued by the Advisory Board of Roth Studies and by the Board of The Philip Roth Society concerning the possible destruction of Roth materials was featured in The New Republic and The Washington Post Book Club: https://newrepublic.com/article/162475/philip-roth-blake-bailey-documents-biography?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=sharebtn&fbclid=IwAR3YIOH-stCwkFz6dOSiQRyrzw_W-ymKLNcVrDD8b6G4jDBpa2MLikUFJWg https://s2.washingtonpost.com/cam
2021 PHILIP ROTH LECTURE FEATURING AUTHOR AYAD AKHTAR
For more information: https://npl.org/2021-philip-roth-lecture-featuring-author-ayad-akhtar/
Roth and Biography featured in LRB
A thoughtful essay on Roth and biography by James Wolcott in London Review of Books: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n10/james-wolcott/sisyphus-at-the-selectric
Statement on the Possible Destruction of Essential Materials Pertaining to Philip Roth
In a series of interviews in 2012, Philip Roth explained why he instructed his literary executors to destroy confidential papers that he entrusted to a single biographer: to control his legacy. At that time, few people took this threat seriously. However, in light of recent events surrounding the Norton biography, Philip Roth scholars across the globe have serious concerns about the projected future of these documents. Arrangements limiting access to one biographer run count
