“What wisteria and alcohol are to Faulkner, and fishing and bullfights to Hemingway, rudeness is to Roth,” writes the author. “It seems to be everywhere in his books—a sport and a pastime, often delivered as a rant. Rudeness in... Read More

During the last week of May 1939, the Cuban government refused to grant entry to 937 Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler’s Germany. They were passengers aboard the Hamburg—America Line’s St. Louis. This was three months before the Nazi... Read More