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Portnoy's Complaint

madeout wrote 1 week ago: I started reading, or is it re-reading (I can’t remember how far I got the first time) Portnoy … more →

Tags: masturbation, Philip Roth

To burn a book2 comments

Nicola di Bowery wrote 2 months ago: I was expecting to find the usual list of Lolitas, Portnoys, Satanic Verses et al. in the program of … more →

Tags: Almanacco di città [About Town], Banned Books Week, Beatles Ban, Cormac Mccarthy, Gossip Girl, Harry Potter, james patterson, JK Rowling, Kurt Vonnegut

Friday finds1 comment

stevenhartwriter wrote 2 months ago: Prince Valiant rides again, through the good offices of Fantagraphics Books. Over at Open Letters, S … more →

Tags: Bob Dylan, friday finds, The Reading Life, Fantagraphics Books, Finnegans Wake, Hal Foster, i am the walrus, j. g. ballard, kraftwerk

A conversation with a reader of my blog9 comments

John Ryan Recabar wrote 3 months ago: I smiled when I saw my favorite table unoccupied. I placed a copy of Inquirer, a book by David Sedar … more →

Tags: Social commentary, Youth Concerns, Formal Short Essay, Personal reflection, Commentaries, Book Review, Reflections, Travel, Places and People

The conversations we make

John Ryan Recabar wrote 4 months ago: Cheese burger. Large fries. Large coke. Is that all, sir? Yes. Pakisuyo. San? Philcoa. Server error. … more →

Tags: Literary criticism, Social commentary, Youth Concerns, Personal reflection, Commentaries, Book Review, Reflections, Random Experiences, writing

A hand too far - oops

Jim Tucker wrote 7 months ago: PART 14 of My PC Adventure (see full story HERE> ) FORGET Marx, Kinsey, Salinger,  Solzhenitsyn, … more →

Tags: After Effects, catheters, erectile function, Prostate Cancer, radical prostatectomy, urination, kinsey, Marx, masturbation

Philip Roth7 comments

feinberglibrary wrote 8 months ago: Philip Roth once said “My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation i … more →

Tags: In our collections, american pastoral, American writer, Exit Ghost, Jewish-American., Nathan Zuckerman, Novelist, Philip Roth, The Plot Against America

Portnoy's complaint!4 comments

IdaPida wrote 9 months ago: Nope this won’t be a review, just a post of relief as I for once have actually read a book for … more →

Tags: Philip Roth, Sexuality, Uni/Work, american humor

West Palm Beach Public Library Hosts Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature Program Series

mycitylibrary wrote 10 months ago: Fawn Van Allen & Dr. Sanua For the past 5 months we have been extremely privileged to host an ou … more →

Tags: Library News, American Library Association, West Palm Beach Public Library, Jewish Literature, nextbook, Philip Roth, the little disturbances of man, Grace Paley, A Simple Story

Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth

Tali Beesley wrote 11 months ago: reviewed by Tali Beesley       Portnoy’s Complaint is one long stream-of-self-consciousness.  The pr … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Tali Beesley, Book Review, Philip Roth, Woody Allen

Penvy Is A Bad Word, I Swear I Know1 comment

Carla Fran wrote 1 year ago: Dear Millicent, In a surprising gesture of affection, my cat has decided to take a nap on my back wh … more →

Tags: booooks, sex, jezebel, penvy, Boys and Girls, Power! Roar!

Thursday 13 November 20081 comment

flannelgraph wrote 1 year ago: They’re selling the new Philip Roth book at the grocery store across the street from my office. It’s … more →

Tags: still bright foilage, Sunny, Fall, November, Jewish Father, Philip Roth, Susan Stamberg

Philip Roth's Humor

bsiskind wrote 1 year ago: I needed to update and have been sick. This is stuff I write for school instead. I am turning the li … more →

Tags: Rambling, Fiction, Humor, Jewish Studies, larry david, Philip Roth, Woody Allen

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini1 comment

sylwiapresley wrote 1 year ago: I wanted to write about this book earlier, I actually did but I deleted the text, idjut! Anyway … more →

Tags: activism, Books, from my journal, Philip Roth, portnoy, Reading, Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner, A thousand splendid suns

Portnoy's Complaint

Rayna Tzvetkova wrote 1 year ago: After some time some books have a different impression on me than the initial perception. This is th … more →

Tags: Articles & books

Guilt by Association1 comment

1hpb wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been laughing out loud reading Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint. For those w … more →

Tags: Guilty Pleasures, books dad, books masturbation, books sex, Philip Roth, Reading, sex books parents

On Any Given Sunday...

petebyrne wrote 1 year ago:   Once again, I find my mind confused and unsettled. It’s a condition that seems to occur almost eve … more →

Tags: The Culture, Books, W. G. Sebald, Add new tag, New York Times, book review section, daniel gates, Philip Roth, 1959

New Library Program! "Your Heart’s Desire: Sex and Love in Jewish Literature"1 comment

Britta wrote 1 year ago: Register now for the library’s free five-part reading and discussion series: “Let’s Talk about It: J … more →

Tags: Library News, adult programs, Library Programs, Books, Literacy, Book Club, ALA, American Library Association, Jewish Literature

Put the Stopper Gently

gbem1 wrote 1 year ago: So the second set of my hyper-photo series “A Tax of Images” has been instituted. That o … more →

Tags: mayakovsky, Bristol, Rhode Island, Kenneth Rexroth, Thomas Mann, sigur ros, Women Poets of Japan, 4th of July, Antipoetry


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