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  • Henry Roth at his home in Albuquerque, 1993
    Henry Roth at his home in Albuquerque, 1993
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    Henry Roth Slept With His Sister and His Cousin

    Now that you know the novelist’s incestuous secrets, is his newly reissued ‘Mercy of a Rude Stream’ quartet worth reading or not?

    byAdam Kirsch
  • "The Sacrifice of Isaac" by Caravaggio.(Uffizi Gallery)
    "The Sacrifice of Isaac" by Caravaggio.(Uffizi Gallery)
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    The 13 Worst Jewish Fathers in Literature, From Abraham to Mr. Portnoy

    They lie. They cheat. The treat their kids terribly. This Father’s Day, be thankful your own dad is such a mensch.

    byMarjorie Ingall
  • A kosher butcher in New York City, 1933.(J. B. Lightman, American Jewish Historical Society)
    A kosher butcher in New York City, 1933.(J. B. Lightman, American Jewish Historical Society)
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    Homecoming

    Yuri Suhl’s One Foot in America, a long-lost novel of Jewish American immigration that reads like a more Dickensian take on Henry Roth’s Call It Sleep, has been republished and deserves a new audience

    byKenneth Sherman
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    Block Buster

    Jonathan Rosen talks about the tortured vision of Henry Roth. With a reading from Call It Sleep.

    byLaurel Snyder
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