About Matthue Roth

The New Yorker, everybody’s favorite highbrow magazine, likes to drag their heels in the mud with the rest of us from time to time. Check out their new illustration regarding Britney Spears’ ostensible conversion to Judaism [Editor’s note: Britney is … Read More

I was a child of the ’80s in name only. I never watched Blossom when it first came out. I was aware of it only as – and, the few times that I did, it both intrigued me and turned … Read More

Daphne Gottlieb writes poems that are the opposite of what most of us think of when we think of contemporary poetry: wildly readable, deathly powerful, and devilishly funny. Without attempting to make a watered-down mainstream crossover, her voice hasfound reception … Read More

Jennifer Blowdryer revels in those truths about ourselvesthat we’d rather not hear. While that is ostensibly the job of every writer, few do it with such grace, aplomb, and lack of restraint. Part Emily Post andpart Morton Downey, Jr., Blowdryer’s subjects … Read More

Yoshie Fruchter gets around. Besides being a member of half a dozen bands, from the children’s parody band Shlock Rock to guesting with Pharaoh’s Daughter, he’s made a name for himself in the few short years since he moved to … Read More

From: Marty Beckerman To: Matthue Roth Subject: Iceberg Theory vs. Oedipussy Matthue, You make an interesting point: authors are often unaware of what we say on paper, and sometimes our readers know more about us than we know about ourselves. … Read More