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Jewish Shouting
'The Ringtone of Choice Among Hip Literary Types This Summer'
This wailing ringtone featuring a horsey Philip Roth sample is still better than anything Moby came up with for New York magazine. Of course, the joke is that there are no "hip literary types." [Guardian]
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Comment by Notes from the underwhelmed: Is that the faint squishing of raw liver I hear in the background? 1 Responses | Other threads
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philip roth
Times Misreports Death — In A Novel
(Disclaimer: Spoilers related to the Philip Roth novel Indignation ahead.) Oct. 2, Philip Roth will jump readers to the end of his new novel Indignation. On WNYC, the writer will explain how, if you read to the end of his book, you find that the narrator Marcus Messner is not, in fact, dead, but merely in the midst of a morphine hallucination of his own death. This contradicts both reviews of the book in the Times, one by Michiko Kakutani, the other in the Sunday Book Review. In so doing, it begs the question: Did those reviewers bother to read the book all the way to the end? More »
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literary lothario
Philip Roth: Not As Sexy On The Big Screen
You know that "Living Literary Legend" Philip Roth? He just turned 75. He wrote that thing about chicken liver. And he's still writing. His latest novel, Indignation, is coming out in September, far enough away that Roth hasn't even had his requisite fawning profile in the Times. But Scott Rudin has already bought up the movie rights in a seven-figure deal. Hey, you think being a recluse is cheap? It ain't. The only problem is that Philip Roth movies are never good. Why not? More »
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By rebeccaComment by the earl grey: closer to home Columbus is dick benjamin's long island country club romance with ali macgraw, in her first post-modelling role... more » | Other threads
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survey says
Studies About Happiness Fail to Make Us Happy
We humans are a fickle bunch. Take Eliot Spitzer: besides the receding hairline, the guy had everything going for him. And yet he threw it all away to make the career of some hot piece of Jersey trash. And we're always trying to figure out what makes us happy. There all always studies coming out about how religion makes us happy, how cats help your heart and whether cigarettes can do anything for your psyche. And that's just this week's batch of articles. Cigarettes, sex, and meaningless studies aren't doing it for us apparently. So what does make us happy? More »
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By rebeccaComment by steveholtsmother: My husband helping me with my homework The way our cats watch tv rainy days/nights Carl Hiaasen Republicans People who are proud to be ignorant... more » | Other threads
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cybersex
Philip Roth: The New Perez Hilton?
In a recent interview in the European weekly Spiegel, legendary novelist Philip Roth sort of implies that he's into cybersex:SPIEGEL: You have email and don't use it?
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By rebeccaComment by MissCast: Little known fact - Portnoy's real complaint was his family could only afford dial-up. Spoiled little prince. more » | Other threads
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"New York Did What It Does To People"
"There's a great quote in the latest Philip Roth book (Exit Ghost)," Mayor Bloomberg announced during his State of the City Address. "'I came to New York,' the character says, 'and in only hours, New York did what it does to people — awakened the possibilities. Hope breaks out.'" But actually, as City Room points out, the book is pretty much not hopeful at all after that point, with the character leaving the city "more or less defeated." When asked if Mayor Bloomberg had actually read the book, his press secretary said he had not, but luckily, "he's read enough books to recognize a metaphor when he hears one... The Old Man and the Sea is not just about an old man and the sea." Looks like we've been schooled! [NYT City Room] -
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Philip Roth Firing Blanks, Says Youngster
Call us sentimental, but when you're reviewing the closing chapter in Pulitzer-winning American author Philip Roth's decades-long love affair with himself (aka Nathan Zuckerman), it's less than classy to suggest his literary climax has so failed you that the man ought to investigate erectile dysfunction drugs. Was Michael Weiss really all that surprised by Exit Ghost's "self-referential, filth for the sake of filth" nature? It's Roth, for chrissakes. We think recent Dartmouth grads yearning for National Book Awards of their own would really do well to keep their Roth reviews out of the tabloids until they've produced something slightly longer than blog posts and freelance pieces for Slate. (Uh, yes, we will make every effort to heed our own advice—until it's slightly more profitable to part with our own integrity, at which point we will gladly excoriate our own dirty narcissistic heroes for a $125 and a byline.)
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By MaggieComment by gefilte_fish_blues: Books reviewers. Lice in the locks of literature. more » | Other threads
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low blows
Christopher Hitchens Gags On New Philip Roth Novel
Warmongering God-hater Christopher Hitchens takes a look at Philip Roth's Exit Ghost, the final chapter in the life of Roth's fictional altar-ego Nathan Zuckerman. He is unimpressed. Considering Roth's fondness for stories about blowjobs gone wrong, Hitch recalls a scene from The Dying Animal, in which a character, displeased with his partner's fellationary skills... we'll continue this after the jump, eh, for the benefit of the children? More » -
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