Philip Roth Bio-CANCELLED
Blake Bailey, Roth authorized biographer, CANCELLED
Philip Roth, born in New Jersey, received many awards for his writing:
National Book Award Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
Bruce Springsteen also born in New Jersey Bruce Springsteen said of Roth:
'I'll tell you, those three recent books just knocked me on my ass,' the Boss replied. 'To be in his sixties making work that is so strong, so full of revelations about love and emotional pain, that's the way to live your artistic life. Sustain, sustain, sustain.' 1
Blake Bailey is the authorized biographer of Roth. The biography was published in 2021. W.W. Norton stopped shipping and promoting Blake Bailey's biography of Philip Roth following allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against the author by a number of women. 2 In his essay, “Book-burning comes to America,” David Walsh observed:
The attack on Bailey is unprecedented since the dark days of McCarthyism, when the US government removed thousands of books by left-wing authors and sympathizers from its overseas libraries. 3
O'Hagan, Sean (September 25, 2004). "Philip Roth: One angry man". the Guardian.
Milliot, Jim. (April 22, 2021). Norton Halts Shipments of Blake Bailey's Roth Biography Publishers’ Weekly.
Walsh, David (April 29, 2021) “Book-burning comes to America” wsws.org
Wow. What a story this was. The readers at Slate are applauding WW Norton's decision to permanently "out of print" Bailey's books. What a creeper that Bailey is. But I don't see what his books have to do with being a serial creeper and alleged rapist.