The interviews, essays, and articles included in this book cover the first twenty-five years of Philip Roth's writing career, revealing how much he is concerned with "the relationship between the written and the unwritten world." Roth speaks here about himself and his work, refuting misinterpretations and responding to the criticisms of his peers. At the same time, he writes about some Eastern European writers he has always defended, as well as about baseball, politics, the American novel, and American Jews. This highly interesting collection of the author's non-fiction writings also includes some of his most important interviews, in publications such as the Paris Review, Nouvel Observateur, and New York Review of Books.