Philip Roth Lecture 2025: A Fireside Chat With Steven Zipperstein
The Newark Public Library welcomes Steven Zipperstein, whose new Roth biography, Stung By Life, will be published this October.
The Library is the second stop on the author’s book tour. He will be in conversation with novelist Sam Graham-Felsen, former Historian of the library’s Philip Roth Personal Library.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
To watch this year’s livestream, please click the “Watch Lecture” button above.
The new Zipperstein Roth biography stands out as “a work of literature itself” (Judith Thurman), and as a “revelatory portrayal” of Roth, “solemn and hilarious, voraciously curious, a boundless sensual spirit riven by his craft” (Sean Wilentz). The biography’s intelligence and prose capture Roth’s powers of observation and linguistic wit.
The author will be on hand to sign books following the presentation.
