Award-winning TV producer David Britton has offended most of his staff, his wife wants a divorce, he’s getting hate mail, and he’s being harassed by religious freaks. It’s not the best time to be ...

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JTA — It was a scandal right out of a Philip Roth novel: Days after the publication in 2021 of his long-awaited biography of Roth, author Blake Bailey was credibly accused of sexual misconduct. The ...

In “Philip Roth: Stung by Life,” Steven J. Zipperstein springs the trap. His approach is straightforward: center the writing without pretending the life is dispensable. “There was nothing of greater ...

Just like the Official UK Top 50, this week sees a raft of new releases making their way into the Independent Bookshop Top 20 – led by Philip Pullman’s The Rose Field (Penguin and David Fickling Books ...

IIJS and the Center for American Studies welcome Professor Steven Zipperstein for a talk on his recent book, Philip Roth: Stung by Life, the landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers ...

Philip Roth’s latest biographer wants Jews to read him again, without the guilt Stanford historian Steven J. Zipperstein had already begun work on the biography before the author died in 2018, arguing ...

It’s a story about growing up. But it’s really about Pullman’s nostalgia for the world in which he grew up The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our ...

It’s been a little over a year since Jasmine Roth, the HGTV star who rescues homeowners from their DIY disasters, moved her family, work and TV show from Southern California to Park City, Utah. Now, ...

Constance Grady is a senior correspondent on the Culture team for Vox, where since 2016 she has covered books, publishing, gender, celebrity analysis, and theater. Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials ...

It has been more than 25 years since the world was introduced to Lyra Belacqua. Lyra is the heroine of the "His Dark Materials" series, where she answers big questions with a seemingly magical golden ...