Philip Roth left his Eames armchair to his biographer
Apparently, when Philip Roth died, he bequeathed his very nice Eames chair to Blake Bailey, his official biographer, also well known for his biographies of John Cheever and Richard Yates. “He practically lived in that chair during his last five years,” Bailey noted in another tweet. If that’s true, it looks to be in remarkably good condition.
My bequest from Philip: the Eames chair and ottoman from his NYC apt #cuprunnethover pic.twitter.com/BPS180vbxQ
— Blake Bailey (@BlakeBaileyOn) May 8, 2019
Emily Temple
Emily Temple is the managing editor at Lit Hub. Her first novel, The Lightness, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins in June 2020. You can buy it here.
