Philip Roth has died at age 85. The New York Times obituary calls him “a pre-eminent figure in 20th-century literature.” Winning the National Book Award at age 27 with his very first book (Goodbye, Columbus), Roth spent his incredibly productive career portraying and discussing sexuality. Our sexuality: our irrational lust, our solipsistic passions, the messy surprises. These feelings and experiences are both universal and intensely private. That Roth could capture them so well is near-miraculous. That he would be excoriated for revealing them is absolutely predictable. Roth endured over half a century of blistering outrage by readers and non-readers alike–outrage…
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