Interviews
| interviewer | Title | Originally published in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha McGregor | The NBA Winner Talks Back | 1960 | in George J. Searles (ed.), Conversations with Philip Roth (Jackson, U.P. of Mississippi, 1992) |
| Jerre Mangione | Philip Roth | 1966 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Philip Roth Tells about When She Was Good | Literary Guild Magazine, July 1967 | ||
| Howard Junker | Will This Finally Be Philip Roth's Year? | 1969 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Albert Goldman | Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth Looms as a Wild Blue Shocker and the American Novel of the Sixties | 1969 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| George Plimpton | Philip Roth's Exact Intent | 1969 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Alan Lelchuk | On Satirizing Presidents | 1971 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Walter Clemons | Joking in the Square | 1971 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Alan Lelchuk | On The Breast | 1972 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Joyce Carol Oates | A Conversation with Philip Roth | 1974 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Martha Saxton | Philip Roth Talks about His Own Work | 1974 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Walter Mauro | Writing and the Powers-that-Be | 1974 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Sara Davidson | Talk with Philip Roth | 1977 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| James Atlas | A Visit with Philip Roth | 1979 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Michiko Kakutani | Is Roth Really Writing about Roth? | New York Times, May 1981 | |
| Richard Stern | Roth Unbound | Saturday Review, June 1981 | |
| Alan Finkielkraut | The Ghosts of Roth | 1981 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Ronald Hayman | Philip Roth: Should Sane Women Shy Away from Him at Parties? | 1981 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| The Book That I'm Writing | New York Times, 12 June 1983, late ed. | ||
| Cathleen Medwick | A Meeting of Arts and Minds | 1983 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Jonathan Brent | "The job", says Roth, "was to give pain its due" | 1983 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Jesse Kornbluth | Zuckerman Found? Philip Roth's One-Man Art Colony | 1983 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| David Plante | Conversations with Philip: Diary of a Friendship | 1984 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Hermione Lee | The Art of Fiction, LXXXIV | 1984 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Clive Sinclair | Doctor or Pornographer? Clive Sinclair Talks to Philip Roth about His New Book, |
1984 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Mervyn Rothstein | The Unbounded Spirit of Philip Roth | New York Times, 1 August 1985 | |
| Ian Hamilton | A Confusion of Realms | 1985 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Mervyn Rothstein | Philip Roth and the World of «What If?» | 1986 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Paula Span | Roth's Zuckerman Redux; for «The Counterlife», Leading His Altered Ego through Life, Death and Renewal | Washington Post, 6 January 1987 | |
| Paul Gray | The Varnished Truths of Philip Roth | 1987 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Alvin P. Sanoff | Writers Have a Third Eye | 1987 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Katharine Weber | Life, Counterlife | 1987 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Ken Adachi | Is Anyone out There Actually Reading? | Toronto Star, 17 September 1988 | |
| Asher Z. Milbauer and Donald G. Watson |
An Interview with Philip Roth | 1988 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Jonathan Brent | What Facts? A Talk with Philip Roth | 1988 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Katharine Weber | PW Interviews: Philip Roth | 1988 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Linda Matchan | Philip Roth Faces "The Facts" | 1988 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Mervyn Rothstein | From Philip Roth, "The Facts" as He Remembers Them | 1988 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Goodbye Newark: Roth Remembers His Beginnings | New York Times, 1 October 1989 | ||
| Brian D. Johnson | Intimate Affairs | 1990 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Hermione Lee | "Life Is and": Philip Roth in 1990 | 1990 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Alvin P. Sanoff | Facing a Father's Death | 1990 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Lynn Darling | His Father's Son | Newsday, 28 January 1991 | |
| Lynn Darling | A Moving Family Memoir on Life and Death in «Patrimony» | 1991 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Mervyn Rothstein | To Newark, with Love. Philip Roth | 1991 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Molly McQuade | Just a Lively Boy | 1991 | in G. J. Searles (ed.), cit. |
| Marjorie Keyishian | Roth Returning to Newark to Get History Award | New York Times, 4 October 1992 | |
| Esther B. Fein | Philip Roth Sees Double. And Maybe Triple, Too | New York Times, 9 March 1993 | |
| Esther B. Fein | "Believe Me," Says Roth with a Straight Face | New York Times, 9 March 1993 late ed. | |
| Dan Cryer | Talking with Philip Roth: Author Meets the Critics | Newsday, 28 March 1993 | |
| Mifflin Houghton | I Married a Communist Interview | 1998 | link |
| Christa Maerker | The Roth Explosion: Confessions of a Writer | 1998 | film (duration: 53') |
| Charles McGrath | Zuckerman's Alter Brain | New York Times Book Review, 7 May 2000 | |
| Terry Gross | Interview | Fresh Air (radio), 8 May 2000 | afterward in Fresh Air: Writers Speak with Terry Gross, Minneapolis: Highbridge, 2004; and in Writers Speak: A Collection of Interviews with Writers on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Boston: WHYY, 2004 |
| Robert McCrum | A Conversation with Philip Roth | Guardian Unlimited, 1 July 2001 | link |
| David Remnick | Philip Roth at 70 | BBC4, London, 19 March 2003 | |
| Robert Siege | Roth Rewrites History with "The Plot Against America" | "All Things Considered" (radio), 23 September 2004 | WNYC, New York |
| John Freeman | The America That Was, and the Past That Wasn't | San Francisco Chronicle, 3 October 2004 | link |
| "NPR Interview with Philip Roth | NPR's Fresh Air, 11 October 2004 | link | |
| Jeffrey Brown | Interview | «News Hour with Jim Lehrer», PBS, 27 October 2004 and 10 November 2004 | |
| Kurt Anderson | Interview | «Studio 360», 6 November 2004 | WNYC, New York |
| Katie Couric | Interview | «Today Show», NBC, 2004 | |
| Tom Ashbrook | Novelist Philip Roth | «On Point», 3 December 2004 | WBUR, Boston |
| Michael Krasny | Interview | Forum, 29 December 2004 | KQED, San Francisco |
| Nils Minkmar | Interview | Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 8 August 2005 | in German |
| Sacha Verna | Ich frage, was wäre... | Die Zeit, 18 August 2005 | in German |
| Charles McGrath | Why Is This Man Smiling? | New York Times, 4 September 2005, late ed. | |
| Martin Krasnik | It No Longer Feels a Great Injustice That I Have to Die | The Guardian, 14 December 2005 | link |
| Terry Gross | Philip Roth Discusses His Latest Accolade | «Fresh Air», 28 December 2005 | WHYY, Philadelphia on link |
| Charles McGrath | Philip Roth, Haunted by Illness, Feels Fine | New York Times, 25 April 2006 | |
| Robert Siege | Roth Returns with Life and Death of Everyman | «All Things Considered», 2 May 2006 | |
| Terry Gross | Philip Roth Discusses Everyman | «Fresh Air», 8 May 2006 | WHYY, Philadelphia |
| Mark Lawson | Philip Roth’s 21st Century | «Mark Lawson Talks to...», BBC4, London, 3 June 2006 | |
| Volker Hage | Old Age Is a Massacre | Spiegel Online, 25 August 2006 | |
| Hans Olav Brenner | Interview | Bokprogrammet NRK1, 27 August 2007 | NBC |
| John Freeman | Philip Roth Ponders Aging | «Star-Ledger», 23 September 2007 | |
| Robert Siegel | Author Says New Zuckerman Novel to Be the Last | «All Things Considered», 24 September 2007 | link |
| Terry Gross | Philip Roth's «Ghost» Returns | «Fresh Air», 25 September 2007 | WHYY, Philadelphia |
| Hillel Italie | Roth Says Farewell to Fictional Hero | «Associated Press Archive», 27 September 2007 | on link (20 March 2009) |
| Robert J. Hughes | Roth Says: Goodbye, Nathan | «Wall Street Journal», 28 September 2007 | link |
| Mark Weitzmann | In Conversation... | Washington Post, 30 September 2007 | link |
| James Mustich | Roth on Zuckerman's Curtain Call | «Barnes & Noble Review», 1 October 2007 | |
| Hermione Lee | Age Makes a Difference | «The New Yorker», 1 October 2007 | link and link |
| Mark Lawson | Philip Roth in His Own Words | «Front Row», Radio 4. BBC, London, 2 October 2007 and The Independent, London, 3 October 2007 | link |
| Johanna Schneller | Philip Roth: «I'm not crazy... that time is running out» | «Globe and Mail» Canada, 13 October 2007 | link |
| Tom Nissley | Exit Zuckerman: An Interview with Philip Roth | No date on Amazon site | transcript of audio interview |
| Klaus Brinkbäumer and Volker Hage |
Bush Is Too Horrendous to Be Forgotten | Spiegel Online, 8 February 2008 | |
| Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg | Philip Roth Goes Back to College | The Wall Street Journal, 12 September 2008 | |
| James Marcus | Philip Roth, on Writing and Being Ticked Off | Los Angeles Times, 14 September 2008 | link |
| Robert Siege | In Indignation, Roth Draws On His College Days | «All Things Considered», 15 September 2008 | link |
| Philip Dodd | Interview | «Night Waves», 15 September 2008 | BBC Radio 3 |
| Benjamin Taylor | Interview | Live Webcast Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin, 16 September 2008 | |
| Robert Hilferty | Interview | «Muse TV», 19 September 2008 | link and link |
| Robert McCrum | The Story of My Lives | Observer Magazine, 21 September 2008 | link |
| Jeff Baker | Interview | The Oregonian, 21 September 2008 | Edited and condensed interview. Full version is on link (18 September 2008) |
| James Mustich | Philip Roth: Indignation | «Barnes & Noble Review», 3 November 2008 | link |
| Andrew Corsello | Last Lion Roaring | Gentlemen's Quarterly, December 2008 | |
| Tina Brown | Philip Roth Unbound | The Daily Beast, 21 October 2009 | link |
| Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg | Roth on Roth | Wall Street Journal, 23 October 2009 | link |
| Kirsty Wark | Interview | Newsnight, BBC2, London, 30 October 2009 | link |
| Paola Zanuttini | Sex and Me | La Repubblica, February 2010 | Italian interview. Notice by Judith Thurman on The New Yorker, 5 April 2010 |
| Rita Braver | Philip Roth on Fame, Sex and God | CBS News, 10 March 2010 | link |
| Chris Wragge and Erica Hill | A Rare Look at Author Phillip Roth | CBS News, 3 October 2010 | link |
| Philip Roth: On Writing, Aging and «Nemesis» | NPR, 14 October 2010 | link | |
| Benjamin Taylor | Man Booker International Prize 2011 Winner Philip Roth | 23 May 2011 | link video transcript |
| Eleanor Wachtel | Philip Roth Interview | CBC Radio, 27 March 2011 | link |
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