Philip Roth

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• 'Philip Roth: Unmasked' review: A bit sanitized

  a French magazine, that he was done writing fiction. BOTTOM LINE It's great to see extensive interview footage with the relaxed and funny author, but "Philip Roth: Unmasked" shies away from controversy and, as a result, feels a bit sanitized. GRADE B-   Read more »

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• Stephen McGinty: Respect, all that is needed

  The novel, with its exhilarating and poetic descriptions of air-to-air combat, was a favourite of the general, who each year bought multiple copies to give to his junior staff. As they climbed into the cockpit, Salter, like an OAP in his son’s new sports 5/24/13 from The Scotsman Read more »

• TV: Other Shows: Mel Brooks: Make A Noise

  Robert Trachtenberg’s American Masters film about Mel Brooks begins and ends with images of screeching tires as a car, presumably ferrying Brooks to and from his interview with the director, careens around a back lot. This burst of chaotic energy must be   from The A.V. Club Read more »

• Philip Roth — One Skill That Every Writer Needs

  “Writing isn’t hard work, it’s a nightmare,” Roth said in 1987. “Coal mining is hard work. This is a nightmare. … There’s a tremendous uncertainty that’s built into the profession, a sustained level of doubt that supports you in some way. A good doctor i   from Farnam Street Read more »

• Bob Dylan inducted as honorary member of arts academy by Michael Chabon

  View full sizeThe century-old American Academy of Arts and Letters said that Bob Dylan has become the first rock star to join the ranks of its artists, who include Philip Roth and Jasper Johns. The Associated Press The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, th   from Oregon Live Read more »

• 'All That Is' Is Surprising but Inevitable (Review)

  “James Salter”, the name, hovered in the back of my mind for several years. I would see a paperback copy of A Sport and a Pastime, or maybe Salter’s name would come up in a review of a Philip Roth novel. (Roth and Salter are both aging American men who h   from PopMatters Read more »