{"id":14732,"date":"2021-09-21T10:43:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=14732"},"modified":"2021-09-21T13:10:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T17:10:28","slug":"episode-452-rosemary-steinbaum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-452-rosemary-steinbaum","title":{"rendered":"Episode 452 – Rosemary Steinbaum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 452:
\nRosemary Steinbaum<\/a><\/p>\n

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“His reading and his writing are intertwined. That’s the main theme of the Philip Roth Personal Library: a writer at work reading and a reader at work writing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It’s part 1 of a 2-part show about the new Philip Roth Personal Library<\/a> at the Newark Public Library! This week, NPL trustee Rosemary Steinbaum<\/a> talks about working with Philip Roth over the years and helping convince him to donate his books and belongings to the PRPL. We get into her friendship with Roth, her visits to his Connecticut home to figure out what would be in the personal library, her favorite discoveries in the collection, and the joy of reading his notes and marginalia. We also talk about her favorite literary pilgrimages, her love of The Counterlife<\/a>, Roth’s funeral, the themes of Roth’s work that could become future exhibitions at the library, her Newark and how she helped Liz Del Tufo<\/a> develop a Roth-tour of the city (which Roth once tagged along on), the donation of Roth’s letters from his teen sweetheart (including a reading list for her), and more! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go visit the Philip Roth Personal Library<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“To have Philip Roth walk us through the logic of his library was very special.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n