Has Philip Roth Finally Been Canceled?

EXIT, GHOST

The Blake Bailey scandal has placed the great author’s legacy in doubt—but perhaps it was never assured to begin with.

Published Apr. 15 2022 11:20PM EDT

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Blake Bailey may have achieved what half a century’s worth of outraged rabbis and feminist literary critics could not: the cancellation of Philip Roth.

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Jacques Berlinerblau

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Has Philip Roth Finally Been Canceled?

The Blake Bailey scandal has placed the great author’s legacy in doubt—but perhaps it was never assured to begin with.

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Jacques Berlinerblau