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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As he often does these days, Wesleyan University president Michael Roth recently delivered a lecture on another campus outlining all the reasons why academia should be more forcefully standing up to ...

Steven J. Zipperstein set to work on his own biography of Philip Roth before anyone knew that Roth’s authorized biography would be pulled from shelves after accusations of sexual misconduct by its ...

The late Prince Philip’s tongue always seemed to get the best of him, as he was known to throw a few expletives quite often. According to King Charles III’s ex-butler, Grant Harrold, the Duke of ...

Unlike a 401(k) or traditional IRA, Roth IRAs allow you to take tax-free withdrawals in retirement. Also know that you can withdraw contributions, but not earnings, at any time from a Roth IRA. High ...

Prince Philip was intensely relieved once Prince Harry and Meghan Marke’s nuptials were over, a royal biographer claims. “Once all the formalities were over, we watched as the happy couple, and then ...

The late Prince Philip allegedly made an off-color remark after his grandson Prince Harry married Meghan Markle. “Once all the formalities were over, we watched as the happy couple, and then the other ...

During a vacation trip to the Berkshires, at a library sale in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, I stumbled across a copy of “Zuckerman Bound,” a thick paperback that collects three of Roth’s novels: “The ...