Yes, Philip Roth liked sex. A lot. But at the end of the day, nothing mattered more to the iconic author than books, a new biography says.

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 ...

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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 ...

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Jerusalem Post / Diaspora 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 ...

A Roth IRA can provide tax-free income for years if you follow the right rules Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia journalist and fact-checker with a Master of Science in Journalism. She has ...

On still nights, the whir of a helicopter can sound like a memory returning. Not long ago, that sound could trigger the sort of American who saw in it the shadow of a government grown too bold. After ...

If you’ve ever searched “Roth IRA interest rates,” you’re not alone — but here’s the truth: Roth IRAs don’t pay a set interest rate. Instead, your returns depend entirely on what you invest in, ...