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Category Archives: Philip Roth
Who Writes Jewish Narratives Without Permission?
In his book, Forgive for Good, Stanford psychology professor Fred Luskin recommends that we stop writing people up for our unenforceable tickets. While this ticketing practice is not generally conducive for our happiness, it usually feels good in the moment, … Continue reading
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Anti-Gentilism-The hate that dare not speak its name (8-11-21)
Charlotte Allen writes: Gentiles were also among Roth’s lifelong fixations as antagonists. He was ever on the alert for anti-Semitism, both real and imagined. He even classified Bloom, herself Jewish, as an anti-Semite; apparently, it was fine for Roth to … Continue reading
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Philip Roth’s American Pastoral measures the gulf between a careful business leader and his radical daughter
Daniel Akst writes in 2020: “Roth was fascinated by business,” Bailey said. American Pastoral was published in 1997, but the author wrote the first 20 pages in 1974 without any clear idea of what business it would be about. Later … Continue reading
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Philip Roth vs John Updike
Steve Sailer writes: I hadn’t planned to buy the new authorized biography of novelist Philip Roth, author of Portnoy’s Complaint and American Pastoral, because I am at best a lazy admirer of Roth, having read only a handful of books … Continue reading
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Roth Vs Updike
00:00 Steve Sailer on Roth v Updike, https://www.takimag.com/article/roth-vs-updike/ 05:35 The Neoconservative Fairy Tale, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_jgZrLV1KE 09:00 What are the paleocons conserving? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139278 10:00 No, Paleoconservatives Are Not Helping the Left, https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/08/no-paleoconservatives-are-not-helping-the-left/ 12:00 The Declaration of Independence, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139107 14:00 Michael Anton (Claremont … Continue reading
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Philip Roth: The Biography
Here are some highlights from this new book by Blake Bailey: * Wolfe was the catalyst for Roth’s ambition to become an artist of titanic appetites—geographic, intellectual, sexual. * He also lifted weights, he said, so he could become strong … Continue reading
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Portnoy’s Complaint
Philip Roth: “What I’m saying, Doctor, is that I don’t seem to stick my dick up these girls, as much as I stick it up their backgrounds – as though through fucking I will discover America.” In other words, shiksas … Continue reading
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‘The Dying Animal’
Here’s my video review of the movie ‘Elegy": CTBatBoy comments: What struck me as laughable was the moment where David puts his hand on Consuela’s wrist and strokes it while they are sitting at the piano. His gnarled, wrinkled hand … Continue reading
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