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His paintings of nude women remain controversial yet sell for huge sums of money. Now with a new exhibition, 30 years after his first, the American artist talks inspirations, ‘the real history of art’ and the turning point in his life

Philip Roth picked Salman Rushdie to give a 2018 lecture in his honor. Rushdie didn't know he would be eulogizing Roth, who passed away in May.

On her 48th birthday, we look through the work of the charismatic Spanish film star, who was Oscar nominated this year for Parallel Mothers

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,

"That's one of the biggest things that America gave to the Jews – gave them their anger," says Murray Ringold in Philip Roth's 1998 novel I Married a Communist.

Happy 47th Birthday Penelope Cruz: Looking back at the finest films by the Spanish superstar On the occasion of her 47th birthday, we’re looking back at the most thought-provoking films by the actress, who’s made waves in the entertainment industry since 16. Written By Happy 47th Birthday Penelope Cruz: Looking back at the finest films by the Spanish superstar Spanish actress Penelope Cruz celebrates her 47th birthday today! Ever since making her big-screen debut in t...

The Social Order Politics and law The other morning, I read the revelations that Blake Bailey, author of a new, highly acclaimed biography of Philip Roth, had been accused of “grooming” young girls when he taught at a New Orleans middle school in the 1990s, then going on, allegedly, to grope them, and rape two of them when they were adults. The episode puts me in mind not of a novel by Roth (a predictable response), or of similar recent scandals. Instead, I thought of Daniel Bell’s classi...

Mazel tov! The whole shtetl buzzed with the news. Chanka, the butcher’s daughter, was engaged to Yankel, the carpenter’s son.  It was a local match, so the whole town got involved in the wedding preparations. A week before the wedding, Chanka could be found sewing the last few stitches on he…