Every Woman I Know Had a Teacher Like Blake Bailey

There is rage, yes, but also endless disappointment

Photo by ROBIN WORRALL on Unsplash

Before I even got out of bed this morning, I read this long piece in Slate about Blake Bailey, the author of the recent Philip Roth biography whose publication has been frozen amid allegations of rape and sexual assault, as well as grooming young students. I can’t stop reading about it. There…