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Philip Roth

  1. theater review
    Sabbath’s Theater Can’t Get Out of Its HeadAn adaptation of Philip Roth ends up feeling uncharacteristically tame.
    By Jackson McHenry
  2. books
    Philip Roth Biographer Accused of Sexual Assault, Publisher Pulls BookThe book has now been picked up by Skyhorse Publishing, which previously released memoirs by Woody Allen and Michael Cohen.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  3. book excerpt
    Excerpt: Novelist Philip Roth’s Agonizing Marriage to Claire Bloom“God, I’m fond of adultery,” Roth liked to say. “Aren’t you?”
    By Blake Bailey
  4. q&a
    Letting the Repellent InA conversation with Philip Roth’s biographer, Blake Bailey.
    By Matthew Schneier
  5. sexcerpt
    The Best Sex I’ve Ever Read: An Erotic Pee SceneWhat so many other writers might use just for shock value, Roth uses in a way that encapsulates these two people’s love for each other.
    By Garth Greenwell As told to Maris Kreizman
  6. trailer mix
    Plot Against America Trailer: The Fascism Call Is Coming From Inside the HouseBased on the book by Philip Roth.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  7. books
    The Book Stand That Sells Only Signed Philip Roth NovelsThe late author signed hundreds and hundreds of them for his friend Enrico Adelman to sell.
    By Hilary Reid
  8. series orders
    David Simon to Adapt Philip Roth’s Plot Against America for HBOThe book about the rise of fascism in America will become a six-part mini-series.
    By Jackson McHenry
  9. Philip Roth’s Biographer Has a Hair-raising Claire Bloom StoryBlake Bailey on how the job changes when the subject’s no longer around.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  10. 20 Philip Roth Books, RankedThe indispensable, the significant, the disposable, and everything in between.
    By Boris Kachka, Sam Anderson, and Christopher Bonanos
  11. books
    There Were Many Philip RothsWe remember the slab of liver and the sex, but Roth probably contemplated death more than any writer after Tolstoy.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  12. obituaries
    Novelist Philip Roth Dead at 85The Pulitzer Prize–winning author leaves behind a prolific body of work.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  13. book review
    Nicole Krauss’s Forest Dark: What Is Kafka Doing in a Most Un-Kafkaesque Novel?It’s odd to see Philip Roth marshaled, too, to shore up a novel that reads like self-help.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  14. John Lithgow’s 10 Favorite BooksFrom William Faulkner to Ann Patchett.
    By John Lithgow
  15. libraries
    Philip Roth Is Giving His 4,000 Books to NewarkRoth’s library will be organized as it is in his home.
    By Tolly Wright
  16. behind the scene
    Behind the Making of Indignation’s Thrilling, 18-Minute Argument Scene“When you’re a director watching an 18-minute scene unfold, you can come up with a lot of notes, let me tell you.”
    By Kevin Lincoln
  17. movie review
    Indignation Is the Best Philip Roth Film Adaptation By a MileDirector James Schamus’s style is deliberate but not cold, and the performances he has elicited are passionately deliberate.
    By David Edelstein
  18. trailer mix
    American Pastoral Trailer: Things Fall ApartOh America, yikes.
    By Halle Kiefer
  19. tv review
    TV Review: Philip Roth: Unmasked Skims The SurfaceTonight on PBS, the latest entry in the long-running American Masters series.
    By Max Winter
  20. polls
    Literary Caucus: Assessing Philip Roth’s CareerPossibly the most prolific, probably the most distinguished, and certainly the most debated one in postwar American fiction.
  21. vulture reads
    Sunday Reads: Capote, Brando, Lauper, and CraigAnother excuse to stay indoors. 
    By Andre Tartar and Caroline Bankoff
  22. announcements
    Philip Roth Is RetiringFair enough.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  23. vulture reads
    Your Sunday Long Reads: Jay-Z, the Wachowskis, and Philip Roth’s Wikipedia BeefAnother reason to stay indoors. 
    By Caroline Bankoff and Andre Tartar
  24. beefs
    Philip Roth Gets Dissed While Winning a PrizeRoth wins the Mann Booker International prize, but not before one of the judges insults his work.
    By Willa Paskin
  25. the industry
    Al Pacino to Fall for a Younger WomanPlus: Showtime and HBO battle for the Vanderbilts.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  26. philip roth
    Roth Takes Roth TourGuess who showed up for a “Philip Roth’s Newark” sightseeing tour over the weekend.
    By Lane Brown
  27. dirty books
    Philip Roth: Loyal to Houghton Mifflin, Lecherous ProtagonistsOne of two planned books features “a counterplot of unusual erotic desire”!
    By Boris Kachka
  28. news reel
    Dispatch From BEA: Doom-Sayers, Agents, and Jackie CollinsWalking the floor at the country’s biggest book convention.
  29. the industry
    Philip Roth Joins Scott Rudin’s CollectionPlus industry news on John Patrick Shanley’s new musical, Tucker Max’s new movie, and Sharpay’s ‘Teen Witch’ remake.
  30. the take
    Philip Roth: The Friars Club Roast“Good evening, everybody! We’re here to wish a very happy birthday to Philip Roth, the man who put the putz in the Pulitzer!”
  31. pop culture’s bravest
    Year in Review: Vulture Salutes the Wangs of 2007We really wish we were classy enough not to point out that wangs were popping up everywhere this year, but, sadly, we are not — there were dicks all over the place!
  32. ranters and ravers
    The ‘Post’ Hops on the Philip Roth Critical Band-wang-onGame, set, match, New York Post.
  33. the take
    Philip Roth’s Q&A in ‘The New Yorker’ Is As Spontaneous and Revealing As a Book-Club GuidePhilip Roth doesn’t (con)descend from his perch in the pantheon to talk to just any old magazine hack.
  34. ranters and ravers
    Nathan Zuckerman’s Penis: A Critical OverviewThe Season of the Wang continues.
  35. vulture lists
    10 Fictional Characters Who Must DieLast month, fans argued about whether Tony Soprano was killed at the end of The Sopranos. This month, fans are eagerly flipping to the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to see whether Harry snuffs it. In honor of those two cliffhangers, Vulture presents its list of ten fictional characters we definitely want to see die.
  36. the early word
    Book Expo GalleyWatch: Which Fall Books Got the Biggest Push?
  37. news reel
    At Book Expo: New Philip Roth Book Hyped, John Le Carre’s Son Earns Six Figures