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Uncollected Essays

“Positive Thinking on Pennsylvania Avenue.” Chicago Review 11 (1957): 21-24.

“Mrs. Lindbergh, Mr. Ciardi, and the Teeth and Claws of the Civilized World.” Chicago Review 11 (1957): 72-76.

“The Kind of Person I Am.” New Yorker 29 Nov. 1958: 173-178.

“Recollections from Beyond the Last Rope.” Harper’s July 1959: 42-48.

“American Fiction.” Commentary Sept. 1961: 248-52. (Letters about “Writing American Fiction” and Roth’s response)

“Iowa: A Very Far Country Indeed.” Esquire Dec. 1962: 19-32.

“Philip Roth Talks to Teens.” Seventeen April 1963: 170.

“Second Dialogue in Israel.” Congress Bi-Weekly 30 (1963): 4-85.

“Philip Roth Tells about When She Was Good.” Literary Guild Magazine July 1967: unpaginated.

“Introduction: Milan Kundera, Edward and God.” American Poetry Review March/April 1974: 5.

“Introduction: Jiri Weil, Two Stories about Nazis and Jews.” American Poetry ReviewSept./Oct. 1974: 22.

“In Search of Kafka and Other Answers.” New York Times Book Review 15 Feb. 1976: 6-7.

“Oh, Ma, Let Me Join the National Guard.” New York Times 24 Aug. 1988: A25.

“‘I Couldn’t Restrain Myself.’” New York Times Book Review 21 June 1992: 73.

“A Bit of Jewish Mischief.” New York Times Book Review 7 March 1993: 1+.

“Juice or Gravy? How I Met My Fate in a Cafeteria.” New York Times Book Review 18 Sept. 1994: 3+.