Roth a bard of the unbridled libido, but also a writer whose passing brings tears
(LA Times Dodgers)

Paul Simon was about to take the stage Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl when my 26-year-old daughter looked up from her phone: `Philip Roth died.` The news stunned me. Roth was 85, but in a recent interview with the New York Times, he was as intellectually nimble as ever and there was no reference...