Topic - Blake Bailey

“Norton made the drastic, unilateral decision to take Mr. Bailey’s books out of print, based on the false and unsubstantiated allegations against him, without undertaking any investigation or offering Mr. Bailey the opportunity to refute the allegations,” he said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press.

Publisher pulls Philip Roth bio, cuts ties with author →

He had a giant streak of filial piety - towards (Saul) Bellow and (Alfred) Kazin and various writers he admired," Bailey added. "If a friend of Philip was in distress, he would get on a phone, and he would start organizing support, make sure his friend could pay the medical bills."

'Philip Roth': Blake Bailey's story behind the story arrives →