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Associated Press NEW YORK — A long-awaited book about Philip Roth that was pulled last month amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment against biographer Blake Bailey has a new publisher. Skyhorse Publishing told The Associated Press on Monday that it will have “Philip Roth: The Biography” available in paperback June 15, and hopes to have the e-book and audio editions ready by Wednesday. Bailey’s 900-page biography was begun in 2012 and written with the participation of Roth, wh...

Philip Roth Biography Finds a New Publisher Skyhorse said it would release the paperback and digital versions of the book, which had been taken out of print following sexual assault allegations against its author, Blake Bailey. “Philip Roth: The Biography,” originally published in April before Norton took it out of print, will be released again, this time by Skyhorse.Credit...Skyhorse Publishing, via Associated Press May 17, 2021Updated 1:32 p.m. ET Just three weeks after W.W. Norton droppe...

Hillel Italie This paperback cover image released by Skyhorse Publishing shows "Philip Roth: The Biography," by Blake Bailey. The long-awaited book about Roth that was pulled last month by original publisher W. W. Norton amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment against biographer Blake Bailey has a new publisher. Skyhorse Publishing has told The Associated Press that it will have “Philip Roth: The Biography” out in paperback on June 15. (Skyhorse Publishing via AP...

Getty NEW YORK — A long-awaited book about Philip Roth that was pulled last month amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment against biographer Blake Bailey has a new publisher. Skyhorse Publishing told The Associated Press on Monday that it will have “Philip Roth: The Biography” available in paperback June 15, and hopes to have the e-book and audio editions ready by Wednesday. Bailey’s 900-page biography was begun in 2012 and written with the participation of Roth, who died in 2...

Blake Bailey's Philip Roth biography, dropped by W.W. Norton over allegations of sexual misconduct by the author, comes out next month in paperback.

Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish are to received a Lifetime Achievement Award for the decades of work they have done for AIDS awareness and fundraising. But thats where things get weird. According to a report in PageSix, the tape of John and Furnish accepting the award will not be shown during the telecast, because the person who shot it is, in the words of the events company producing the show, "holding the footage hostage." It gets stranger still. The man who shot the speech is a...

Kandi Burruss has scored a spinoff on Bravo and the cable network has confirmed it will premiere later this year.

Salman Rushdie: ‘I believed there would be a happy ending.’ Photograph: Benedict Evans/The Guardian Salman Rushdie: ‘I believed there would be a happy ending.’ Photograph: Benedict Evans/The Guardian Sat 15 May 2021 07.00 EDT Poor Salman Rushdie. The one thing I am most keen to talk to him about is the one thing he absolutely, definitely does not want to discuss. “I really resist the idea of being dragged back to that period of time that you insist on bringing up,”...

Respect must be shown. When Jimmy Fallon, still stuck hosting The Tonight Show with virtual guests, announces a "new game," it usually sounds a little dorky at first. Then, once it starts, one has to admit: okay, Im home, Im going to sleep in a few minutes, and I am being entertained. Similar to Anna Kendricks recent display of interpretive karaoke skills, Fallon and his guest Chance the Rapper were tasked with taking some of lifes more mundane moments and jazzing them up with the aid of au...

Jennifer Lawrence is apparently just as thrilled by Ben Affleck and Towards the end of the latest episode of Jackie Schimmel and her friend Heather McMahan are discussing getting sponsorships as podcasters while on a girls trip in Atlanta when Lawrence suddenly interjects, “Breaking fucking news. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are back together. They are on vacation. They are on vacation with each other right now. Clicking link in bio! Theyre in Montana.” She enthused, “Im so...