Episode 2: Sabbath's Theater

Ariel Levy and Garth Greenwell join host Sam Graham-Felsen to discuss Philip Roth's filthy masterpiece, Sabbath's Theater.

Ariel Levy is a staff writer for the New Yorker and the author of the bestselling memoir, The Rules Do Not Apply. She is the co-writer, with John Turturro, of the stage adaptation of Sabbath's Theater, which made its off-Broadway debut in 2023.

Garth Greenwell is the author of the acclaimed debut novel, What Belongs to You, and most recently, Small Rain. He wrote the essay "A Moral Education" for the Yale Review, a close reading of Sabbath's Theater.

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