Next Sunday marks the 90th anniversary of Philip Roth’s birth. In celebration of the famed novelist’s work, a scholarly conference titled “Roth@90,” sponsored by the Philip Roth Society, will be held starting Wednesday at the Newark Public Library. That will be followed by a weekend of high-profile events — staged readings, panel discussions, a bus tour of Roth’s old Newark […]
Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau is a professor of Jewish civilization at Georgetown University, a contributing writer for MSNBC and the author of “The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race and Autobiography.”