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Collection of Norman Mailer's writing finds new publisher
Read full article: Collection of Norman Mailer's writing finds new publisherAn anthology of the late Norman Mailerโs writing that Random House allegedly had scheduled for his centennial in 2023, but backed off from, will be released by a publisher that has taken on such discarded works as Woody Allenโs memoir โApropos of Nothingโ and a Philip Roth biography written by Blake Bailey.
Philip Roth biography, pulled last month, has new publisher
Read full article: Philip Roth biography, pulled last month, has new publisherA long-awaited book about Philip Roth that was pulled last month amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment against biographer Blake Bailey has a new publisher.
Publisher pulls Philip Roth bio, cuts ties with author
Read full article: Publisher pulls Philip Roth bio, cuts ties with authorThe publisher of a highly anticipated biography of Philip Roth is pulling the book and cutting ties with author Blake Bailey, who faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
Publisher pauses release of new Philip Roth biography
Read full article: Publisher pauses release of new Philip Roth biographyThe publisher of a new, bestselling biography about Philip Roth has temporarily halted the bookโs shipping and promotion as author Blake Bailey faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment and abuse.
'Philip Roth': Blake Bailey's story behind the story arrives
Read full article: 'Philip Roth': Blake Bailey's story behind the story arrivesFILE - In this Sept. 8, 2008, file photo, author Philip Roth poses for a photo in the offices of his publisher in New York. A biography of the late author, "Philip Roth: The Biography" by Blake Bailey, comes out April 7. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK โ The life of Philip Roth was a story. Blake Bailey's โPhilip Roth,โ a volume Roth had imagined in some form for more than 20 years, comes out April 6. AdThe โrealโ Philip Roth has been a quest for countless critics โ and the author himself โ since his 1969 bestseller โPortnoy's Complaintโ left many readers believing that Roth and his lusting narrator were one and the same.
Blake Bailey's 880-page Philip Roth bio to arrive in April
Read full article: Blake Bailey's 880-page Philip Roth bio to arrive in AprilNEW YORK In the Fall 2012, as the willing subject of one of the most anticipated literary biographies in recent memory, Philip Roth joked that he had surrendered power over his own life to author Blake Bailey. This is madness.Bailey's Philip Roth: The Biography is coming out April 6, 2021, W.W. Norton & Company announced Thursday. But Roth and Miller, the nephew of Roth's friend Arthur Miller, had different ideas for the book and parted ways in 2009. Why should a gentile from Oklahoma write the biography of Philip Roth? Bailey remembered Roth asking him. Roth also lists recommended subjects, everything from his former landlady, to the mores and ethos of Bucknell to the McCarthy era of the 1950s.