In 2010, the two old friends discussed England, Philip Roth, and anti-Semitism with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg.
Also see "The Amis Obsession" by James Parker (November 2012 Atlantic).
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Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, a former senior editor at The Atlantic, is now a senior editor at Smithsonian magazine.