Talya Zax
The Sally Rooney boycott brouhaha is right out of a Sally Rooney novel
Rooney gets that every part of the conflict over her boycott is a gesture of almost monumental insignificance.
My fleeting love affair with NPR’S Ophira Eisenberg
Some swoon at the sight of George Clooney. For others, it’s Ophira Eisenberg, host of “Ask Me Another.”
He died in the Towers. In a Manhattan synagogue, his legacy continues to grow.
“They talk about Jeff, and they talk about his memory, and how they’re living and breathing what was so important to Jeff. That’s just a gift.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer’s return to Ellis Island, in never-before-seen photos
The day Isaac Bashevis Singer returned to Ellis Island was “a beautiful, cold day.”
‘Pride is also a Yizkor’: Remembering LGBTQ Jews we’ve lost
“Pride is also a Yizkor.”
Timeline | How the Forward covered LGBTQ history
For all of us, sometimes the story we don’t think to look for is the one we most need to see.
Her name is Ozick, look on her works, ye mighty, and despair
The life that emerges from the novel’s pages is a reflection of the concerns that shaped Ozick.
How Blake Bailey embodied Philip Roth’s spirit — and betrayed his legacy
That Roth’s biographer was apparently more concerned about his ethics when it came to literal objects than to women is, in its own painful way, apt.
What ultimate Frisbee can teach us about Jon Ossoff
“It makes sense that he ended up becoming what he’s become,” said Ossoff’s one-time ultimate coach. “It’s all about grit, being of higher mind.”
‘This man is not going to daunt me:’ Talking with Philip Roth’s biographer, Blake Bailey
If Philip Roth wasn’t a good man, he was certainly an original one.