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Philip Roth on the future of the novel

JBC Staff
October 23, 2009

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter

Tina Brown of The Dai­ly Beast asks Philip Roth about the future of the novel:

Check out the video and let us know what you think. Are books real­ly on their way out??
 

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