A Conversation With Phillip Roth

October 4, 2010 | 1 book mentioned

Phillip Roth talks to David L. Ulin at the Los Angeles Times about his latest novel Nemesis, aging as a writer, and how he begins each new novel: “I don’t know very much… I write my way into my knowledge. Then, if I’m lucky, I get a break.”

is an associate editor for The Millions. She works for the New York Civil Liberties Union, the NY Chapter of the ACLU. She was formerly a writer for The Atlantic's news website The Wire, and a co-editor of NY media blog FishbowlNY. Her writing has appeared in The Millions, TheAtlantic.com, Newsday, National Journal, The Rumpus, and elsewhere, and is partly collected at her website, TheCivilWriter.com. Follow @ujalasehgal.