Thursday, May 15, 2014

Philip Roth may have given his last public talk

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2008 file photo, author Philip Roth poses for a photo in the offices of his publisher Houghton Mifflin, in New York. In what may be his last remarks at a public gathering, Philip Roth has accepted Yaddo’s first ever Artist Medal Wednesday May 14, 2014 and spoken gratefully of his time at the venerable retreat in the 1960s. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file) NEW YORK (AP) — In what may be his last remarks at a public gathering, Philip Roth accepted Yaddo's first ever Artist Medal and spoke gratefully of his time at the venerable retreat in the summer of 1964.



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