Berfrois

Philip Roth

‘Schiller’s Totenkopf’ and ‘Frank O’Hara and My Senior Trip’ by John Matthias

Poems:

‘Schiller’s Totenkopf’ and ‘Frank O’Hara and My Senior Trip’ by John Matthias

The New Zhdanovshchina

The New Zhdanovshchina

A Tribute to Uchrony by Paul Vacca

A Tribute to Uchrony by Paul Vacca

Ed Simon on Philip Roth

Ed Simon on Philip Roth

‘A half century later, Roth’s new novel respects Bellow’s preference’

“In fact, the playground doesn’t exist”

‘Nemesis’ by Philip Roth

Book excerpt:

‘Nemesis’ by Philip Roth

“Somewhere a dog barked.”

Aggressive virility of the literary lions versus the new narcissism of young male writers ‘too cool for sex’

‘With The Humbling, the scope of the novel has shrunk to accommodate a subject who is stunned nearly silent by his loss.’

Massapequa’s Mystery Club
Photo essay: Massapequa’s Mystery Club
‘midnight’ by Toni Giselle Stuart
Poem: ‘midnight’ by Toni Giselle Stuart
Wallets and Eyeballs
Podcast: Wallets and Eyeballs