Marco Roth (born 1974) in New York, New York is a co-founder and former editor of ''

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'' magazine.

Life

Roth is a graduate of

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, and began but did not finish a PhD in Comparative Literature from

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. In 2009, he was awarded a

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, and the Roger Shattuck prize for literary criticism in 2011. He lived for many years in Philadelphia. He resigned from his masthead position at ''n+1'' in response to the publication of what he called "an unapologetic, celebratory account of the pro-Palestinian rallies on Oct. 8" following the

2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel On October 7, 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinians, Palestinian militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 ...

. Roth was previously married to Emily Wilson.

Essays and criticism

His work has appeared in the ''Dissent'', ''New York Times'', ''Harper's, The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement'' and the ''Nation''. His memoir, ''The Scientists: A Family Romance'', about his father's death and "truths and limitations in literature", came out in 2012.

Selected works

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Among The Believers"
''Harper's Magazine''. October, 2015.
"Belgrade: History-of-the-Present"
''Places Journal,'' October 2015. * * * * ;Selected Articles published in ''

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"Derrida: An Autothanatography"
A memoir/obituary about Roth/Derrida.

- About

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and our values."
"On Torture And Parenting"
On the psychology of American torturers and behavioral therapists.
"Attack of the Clones"
On Houellebecq, Ishiguro, and the idea of the clone in contemporary fiction.
Lower the Voting Age!"
Argument to lower the voting age to 16.
"Rise of the Neuronovel"
Neurology vs. Modernism in Contemporary Fiction.
"Throwback Throwdown"
On the rhetoric of "sampling" in contemporary writing.
"The Information Essay"
On the informational sublime in the contemporary essay.
"The Drone Philosopher"
On Drones and the imagination. Interviews
"Young Critics: Marco Roth".
''Full Stop. ''22 June 2011.
"Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me #14."
The Rumpus. January 4, 2013.

References

External links

Review by Roth in

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, (Published: January 1, 2006). * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060929205748/http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25339-1886082,00.html "Shalimar the Clown"Review of

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"Marco Roth: The Rise of the Neuronovel"
''The Book Store'', 3 February 2010 *http://www.npr.org/2012/09/12/161003574/the-scientists-a-fathers-lie-and-a-familys-legacy *https://newrepublic.com/article/107405/marco-roth-the-scientists-a-family-romance
‘The Oppermanns’ Brings Us Some Bad News From 1933
Review of Lion Feuchtwanger's novel in Tablet (Published: June 30, 2022). {{DEFAULTSORT:Roth, Marco 1974 births American literary critics Living people Pew Fellows in the Arts Columbia College (New York) alumni Dalton School alumni American magazine editors American literary editors American magazine founders