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Bailey’s book on Philip Roth was pulled after former students said he abused them

I.On April 18th of this year, Blake Bailey, 58, the author of Philip Roth: The Biography, was abruptly dropped by his literary agency, the Story Company. His book had been published on April 6th,

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Bob Peterson/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images Blake Bailey, the author of a much-discussed new biography of Philip Roth, has been accused of sexual assault and grooming in a series of articles by the New York Times and the Times-Picayune. On Sunday, Bailey was dropped by his literary agency, the Story Factory, and on Wednesday, Bailey’s publisher W.W. Norton announced that it would cease to print or promote Bailey’s biography. The allegations against Bailey have swept across the ...

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Publisher stops shipping Philip Roth biography as author Blake Bailey faces rape allegations Updated 4:43 AM; Today 4:26 AM Author Blake Bailey is facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. Philip Roth, who died in 2018, chose Bailey to write his biography.Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times via Getty Images; W.W. Norton Facebook Share Two women accuse Bailey of rape, the Times reports. Bailey, 57, is also accused of engaging in inappropriate behavior in the ‘90s, when h...

Getty When I was 18 my father pulled a thief out of a car parked across the street from Philip Roth’s apartment. We were walking up the block when an old man in an undershirt appeared waving a cane over his head yelling, “Stop! Thief!” My father went straight for the car, opened the passenger side door and yanked the kid out by the collar. I stood on the curb waiting for the knife or gun that did not appear—the guy must have been stoned because he could have easily squirmed away. Relie...