W. W. Norton to Publish Roth Biography
The Associated Press has reported that Blake Bailey’s biography of Philip Roth has been acquired by publisher W. W. Norton and Co. The...


Philip Roth’s Open Letter to Wikipedia
In a September 7th posting on the blog of The New Yorker, Philip Roth contributes “An Open Letter to Wikipedia,” pointing out incorrect...
Revisting Portnoy, in Pictures
In a recent The A.V. Club article, Nathan Rabin revisits what many consider to be the least successful of Roth-based film adaptations,...


Roth Chooses New Biographer
According to the New York Times‘ “Art Beat,” Blake Bailey has agreed to work with Philip Roth as his new biographer. Author of...
Revisiting Portnoy
Writer Bernard Avishai discusses Portnoy’s Complaint and highlights his new book, Promiscuous: Portnoy’s Complaint and Our Doomed Pursuit...


Philip Roth Will Not Be Attending the National Book Festival
Back in May, we had posted that Philip Roth would be one of the headliners attending the Library of Congress’s 12th annual National Book...
Siegel/McDaniel Award for Graduate Student Research
The Philip Roth Society is still accepting submissions for its third annual Siegel/McDaniel Award for Graduate Student Research. The...


Latest Issue of Philip Roth Studies
The latest issue of Philip Roth Studies (Vol. 8, No. 1) has been published, and members of the Roth Society, if they do not already have...
CFP – The Philip Roth Society at the JAHLit Symposium, 2012
The Philip Roth Society will sponsor a panel at this year’s Jewish American & Holocaust Literature Symposium, held in South Beach,...


Philip Roth Awarded Top Spanish Literary Honor
Earlier this month, Philip Roth was awarded Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias literature award, the highest literary prize in the...







































