Operation Shylock: A Confession | Techniques
In a 1991 conversation with Molly McQuade, Roth stated that during 1956-1958, "I had a little apartment across from Stagg Field. I worked until 11:30 every morning teaching three sections [at the University of Chicago], back to back, of freshman composition. Then I'd hole up in the little apartment and write until I was written out, and then I'd mark papers with, I must say, the same ferocious energy I had for my writing. I was a very intense fellow. I saw my friends in the evenings. I was intense with them. Great fun, intensity, before it starts wearing you down." Therein lies the...
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