Marco Roth

Marco Roth
Marco Roth
Born	1974 (age 51–52)
Education	Columbia University; Yale University
Occupation	Editor
Known for	Founding n+1 magazine

Marco Roth (born 1974) in New York, New York is a co-founder and former editor of n+1 magazine.^[1]^[2]

Life

Roth is a graduate of The Dalton School, Columbia University, and began but did not finish a PhD in Comparative Literature from Yale University.^[3] In 2009, he was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts,^[4] and the Roger Shattuck prize for literary criticism in 2011.^[5] He lived for many years in Philadelphia.^[6]

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.^[7]

Roth was previously married to Emily Wilson.^[8]

Essays and criticism

His work has appeared in the Dissent,^[9] New York Times, Harper's, The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement and the Nation.^[10] His memoir, The Scientists: A Family Romance, about his father's death and "truths and limitations in literature",^[11] came out in 2012.^[12]

Selected works

Roth, Marco (20 February 2014). "I don't want your revolution". London Review of Books. Vol. 36, no. 4. pp. 24–25. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017.
"Among The Believers" Harper's Magazine. October, 2015.
"Belgrade: History-of-the-Present" Places Journal, October 2015.
"An insular view of the Nobel prize". The Guardian. 8 October 2008.
"A Year in Reading: Marco Roth". The Millions. December 11, 2009.
"Enduring Love". Tablet. July 19, 2007.
Roth, Marco; n+1 (2014). "Too Much Sociology". In Wilson, Carl (ed.). Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 245–256. ISBN 978-1-4411-6677-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Selected Articles published in n+1

"Derrida: An Autothanatography" A memoir/obituary about Roth/Derrida.
"I'm with Stupid" - About Michael Moore 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

↑ "n+1: Marco Roth". Nplusonemag.com. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
↑ Scott, A. o (2005-09-11). "Among the Believers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
↑ "Bookshelf Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-15.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Marco Roth". The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Archived from the original on 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
↑ "Roger Shattuck Prizes for Criticism: Lila Azam Zanaganeh and Marco Roth". www.centerforfiction.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
↑ "Marco Roth". Retrieved 2017-02-16.
↑ Roth, Marco (January 24, 2024). "Shylock at the U.N." Tablet Magazine. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
↑ "'Highbrow Fight Club'". Observer. 2004-12-20. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
↑ Roth, Marco. "Fall 2010 Issue - The Credit Crisis and". Dissent Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
↑ "Marco Roth: The Rise of the Neuronovel". RN Book Show. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
↑ "Close Reading: Marco Roth's Memoir Began as Revenge, But Turned Into Something Far More Complicated". Observer. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
↑ "n+1's Marco Roth Sells a Memoir to FSG". The New York Observer. 2010-05-28. Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

External links

"Franz the Obscure" - Kafka: The Decisive Years,' by Reiner Stach Review by Roth in The New York Times, (Published: January 1, 2006).
"Shalimar the Clown" Review of Salman Rushdie in Times Literary Supplement.
"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).

[1] "n+1: Marco Roth". Nplusonemag.com. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

[2] Scott, A. o (2005-09-11). "Among the Believers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-16.

[3] "Bookshelf Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-15.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Marco Roth". The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Archived from the original on 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

[5] "Roger Shattuck Prizes for Criticism: Lila Azam Zanaganeh and Marco Roth". www.centerforfiction.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2017-02-16.

[6] "Marco Roth". Retrieved 2017-02-16.

[7] Roth, Marco (January 24, 2024). "Shylock at the U.N." Tablet Magazine. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

[8] "'Highbrow Fight Club'". Observer. 2004-12-20. Retrieved 2025-01-16.

[9] Roth, Marco. "Fall 2010 Issue - The Credit Crisis and". Dissent Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

[10] "Marco Roth: The Rise of the Neuronovel". RN Book Show. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

[11] "Close Reading: Marco Roth's Memoir Began as Revenge, But Turned Into Something Far More Complicated". Observer. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2017-02-16.

[12] "n+1's Marco Roth Sells a Memoir to FSG". The New York Observer. 2010-05-28. Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

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