The only collection of interviews and profiles on Philip Roth was compiled by George J. Searles as part of the University Press of Mississippi’s Literary Conversations Series. Listed as well, in chronological order, are the uncollected interviews with and profiles on Philip Roth. When available, hyperlinks are provided to the original source.
Conversations with Philip Roth. Ed. by Georges J. Searles. Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 1992.
“Jewishness and the Younger Intellectuals.” Commentary April 1961: 306-359. Symposium.
“Second Dialogue in Israel.” Congress Bi-Weekly 16 Sept. 1963: 4-85. Symposium.
“Dialog: Philip Roth.” Chicago Tribune Magazine 25 Sept. 1977: 74-75.
Kakutani, Michiko. “Is Roth Really Writing about Roth?” New York Times 11 May 1981: C17.
Stern, Richard. “Roth Unbound.” Saturday Review June 1981.
“The Book That I’m Writing.” New York Times 12 June 1983, late ed., sec. 7: 12+.
Rothstein, Mervyn. “The Unbounded Spirit of Philip Roth.” New York Times 1 Aug. 1985: C13.
Span, Paula. “Roth’s Zuckerman Redux; for The Counterlife, Leading His Altered Ego through Life, Death and Renewal.” Washington Post 6 January 1987: D1.
Adachi, Ken. “Is Anyone out There Actually Reading?” Toronto Star 17 Sept. 1988: M3.
“Goodbye Newark: Roth Remembers His Beginnings.” New York Times 1 Oct. 1989, late ed., sec. 7: 14+.
Darling, Lynn. “His Father’s Son.” Newsday 28 January 1991: 56+.
Keyishian, Marjorie. “Roth Returning to Newark to Get History Award.” New York Times 4 Oct. 1992.
“A Bit of Jewish Mischief.” New York Times Book Review 7 March 1993: 1+.
Fein, Esther B. “‘Believe Me,’ Says Roth with a Straight Face.” New York Times 9 March 1993. late ed.: B1.
Fein, Esther B. “Philip Roth Sees Double. And Maybe Triple, Too.” New York Times 9 March 1993: C13.
Cryer, Dan. “Talking with Philip Roth: Author Meets the Critics.” Newsday 28 March 1993: 40+.
“I Married a Communist Interview.” Houghton Mifflin. 1998. http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/roth/conversation.shtml
McGrath, Charles. “Zuckerman’s Alter Brain.” New York Times Book Review 7 May 2000: 8+.
The Roth Explosion: Confessions of a Writer [German title, Mein Leben als Philip Roth]. Dir. Christa Maerker. e-Motion-Picture/SWF, 1998.
“A Conversation with Philip Roth.” Guardian Unlimited. 1 July 2001. http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,514962,00.html
Philip Roth at 70. Interview with David Remnick. BBC4, London. 19 March 2003.
Interview with David Remnick. Sunday Telegraph (London) 16 March 2003: 4+. (Excerpts from BBC4 interview, 19 March 2003)
Interview with Terry Gross. [Originally broadcast 8 May 2000] Fresh Air: Writers Speak with Terry Gross. Minneapolis: Highbridge, 2004. (Also included in Writers Speak: A Collection of Interviews with Writers on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Boston: WHYY, 2004)
“Roth Rewrites History with The Plot Against America.” Interview with Robert Siegel. All Things Considered. 23 Sept. 2004. Natl. Public Radio. WNYC, New York. (Transcript from interview, “Philip Roth Discusses His Novel The Plot Against America.” LexisNexis.)
“Philip Roth Makes History.” Interview with Ken Tucker. Entertainment Weekly 1 Oct. 2004: 42-45.
“The America That Was, and the Past That Wasn’t.” Interview with John Freeman. San Francisco Chronicle 3 October 2004: M2.
“Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist Philip Roth.” Interview with Terry Gross. Fresh Air. 11 Oct. 2004. Natl. Public Radio. WHYY, Philadelphia. (Transcript from interview, “Author Philip Roth Discusses His New Book The Plot Against America.” LexisNexis.)
Interview with Katie Couric. Today Show. NBC. (Transcript from interview, “Philip Roth Discusses His New Novel, The Plot Against America.” LexisNexis.)
Interview with Jeffrey Brown. News Hour with Jim Lehrer. [Two-part interview] 27 Oct. 2004 and 10 Nov. 2004. PBS.
Interview with Kurt Anderson. Studio 360. 6 Nov. 2004. WNYC, New York.
“Novelist Philip Roth.” Interview with Tom Ashbrook. On Point. 3 Dec. 2004. WBUR, Boston.
Interview with Michael Krasny. Forum. 29 Dec. 2004. KQED, San Francisco.
“Ich frage, was wäre…” Interview with Sacha Verna. Die Zeit. 18 Aug. 2005.
McGrath, Charles. “Why Is This Man Smiling?” New York Times 4 Sept. 2005, late ed., sec. 2: 1+.
“Philip Roth Discusses His Latest Accolade.” Interview with Terry Gross. Fresh Air. 28 Dec. 2005. WHYY, Philadelphia. (Transcript of interview, “Philip Roth Discusses His Writing Career and the Library of America Publishing his Collected Works.” LexisNexis.)
“Philip Roth, Haunted by Illness, Feels Fine.” Interview with Charles McGrath. New York Times 25 Apr. 2006: E6.
“Roth Returns with Life and Death of Everyman.” Interview with Robert Siegel. All Things Considered. 2 May 2006. Natl. Public Radio. (Transcript of interview, “Roth Returns with Life and Death of Everyman.” LexisNexis.)
“Philip Roth Discusses Everyman.” Interview with Terry Gross. Fresh Air. 8 May 2006 WHYY, Philadelphia. (Transcript of interview, “Novelist Philip Roth Discusses His New Novel Everyman.” LexisNexis.)
“Philip Roth’s 21st Century.” Interview with Mark Lawson. Mark Lawson Talks to…. BBC4, London. 3 June 2006.
“Old Age Is a Massacre.” Interview with Volker Hage. Spiegel Online. 25 Aug. 2006.
“Exit Zuckerman: An Interview with Philip Roth.” Amazon.com. 2007. http://amazon.com.
“Philip Roth Ponders Aging.” Interview with John Freeman. Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ] 23 Sept. 2007, perspective sec.: 1.
“Author Says New Zuckerman Novel to Be the Last.” Interview with Robert Siegel. All Things Considered. 24 Sept. 2007. Natl. Public Radio. (Transcript of interview, “Author Says New Zuckerman Novel to Be the Last.” LexisNexis.)
“Philip Roth’s ‘Ghost’ Returns.” Interview with Terry Gross. Fresh Air. 25 Sept. 2007 WHYY, Philadelphia. (Transcript of interview, “Author Philip Roth on His Latest Novel, Exit Ghost, the Decay of the Human Body and George Plimpton.” LexisNexis.)
“Roth Says Farewell to Fictional Hero.” Interview with Hillel Italie. Associated Press Archive. 27 Sept. 2007. 20 Mar. 2009. http://www.ap.org/.
“Roth Says: Goodbye, Nathan.” Interview with Robert J. Hughes. Wall Street Journal 28 Sept. 2007: W2. (Online edition at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119093825978441978.html.)
“In Conversation…” Interview with Mark Weitzmann. Washington Post 30 Sept. 2007: BW11.
“Age Makes a Difference.” Interview with Hermione Lee. New Yorker 1 Oct. 2007: 56-62. (Online edition at http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/01/071001fa_fact_lee. Reprinted in The Guardian as “An Audience with Philip Roth,” http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,,2185226,00.html.)
Interview with Mark Lawson. Front Row. Radio 4. BBC, London 2 Oct. 2007. (Transcript of interview, “Philip Roth: In His Own Words.” Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/philip-roth-in-his-own-words-395840.html.)
Marcus, James. “Philip Roth, on Writing and Being Ticked Off.” Los Angeles Times 14 Sept. 2008.
“In Indignation, Roth Draws On His College Days.” Interview with Robert Siegel. All Things Considered. 15 Sept. 2008. Natl. Public Radio. (Transcript of interview, “Author Says New Zuckerman Novel to Be the Last.” LexisNexis.)
Interview with Philip Dodd. Night Waves. 15 Sept. 2008. BBC Radio 3.
Interview with Benjamin Taylor. 16 Sept. 2008. Live Webcast Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin.
Interview with Robert Hilferty. Muse TV. 19 Sept. 2008. Bloomberg Television. (Portion of interview, “Philip Roth Serves Up Blood and Guts in Indignation,“ can be found at www.Bloomberg.com.)
Interview with Jeff Baker. The Oregonian 21 Sept. 2008: O10. (This is an edited and condensed interivew. The full version is on the Bookmarks literary blog, 18 Sept. 2008.)
“The Story of My Lives.” Interview with Robert McCrum. Observer Magazine 21 Sept. 2008: 14+.
“Philip Roth: Indignation.” Interview with James Mustich. Barnes & Noble Review. 3 Nov. 2008.
“Last Lion Roaring.” Interview with Andrew Corsello. Gentlemen’s Quarterly Dec. 2008: 236+.
Monda, Antonio. ”I Romanzi Più Belli Sono I Nostri.” La Repubblica 14 Sept. 2009.
“Philip Roth Unbound.” Interview with Tina Brown. The Daily Beast 21 Oct. 2009. (Transcript of interview at The Daily Beast.)
“Roth on Roth.” Interview with Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg. Wall Street Journal 23 Oct. 2009.
Interview with Kirsty Wark. Newsnight. BBC 2, London. 30 Oct. 2009.
“The Art of Fiction.” Interview with Hermione Lee. The Paris Review Interviews, IV. New York: Picador, 2009. 203-35. (Reprint of interview in Paris Review, issue 93, 1984.)
“Freed from the Fury.” Interview with Tom Shone. Sunday Times [UK] 26 Sept. 2010, features sec.: 12+.
“Philip Roth Talks to David L. Ulin.” Interview with David L. Ulin. Los Angels Times 1 Oct. 2010.
“A Conversation with Philip Roth.” Interview with David L. Ulin. Los Angeles Times 3 Oct. 2010.
“Polio Breaks Out in Newark in Philip Roth’s ‘Nemesis.’” Interview with Robert Siegel. All Things Considered. 5 Oct. 2010. Natl. Public Radio. (Transcript of interview, “Philip Roth’s ‘Nemesis.’” LexisNexis.)
“Philip Roth Goes Home Again.” Interview with Scott Raab. Esquire 7 Oct. 2010.
“Philip Roth’s Latest Complaint.” Interview with John Barber. Globe and Mail [Canada] 8 Oct. 2010.
“On Writing, Aging and ‘Nemesis.’” Interview with Terry Gross. Fresh Air. 14 Oct. 2010. WHYY, Philadelphia. (Transcript of interview, “On Writing, Aging, and ‘Nemesis.’” LexisNexis.)
“The Plot Thickens: A Conversation with Philip Roth” and “Philip Roth: Looking Back.” Interviews with Jeffrey Brown. American Writers on Writing. Lawrenceville, NJ : Films Media Group, 2010. (Video interviews originally appearing on PBS’s News Hour in 2004. Available on demand at http://digital.films.com/play/TPJYHD.)
“An Interview with Philip Roth.” Interview with Benjamin Taylor. Man Booker Prizes. May 2011. Video interview on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com. Transcript at Man Booker Prize. http://themanbookerprize.com.
“Life after ‘Nemesis.’” Interview with Jan Dalley. Financial Times 24 June 2011. http://ft.com.
