Ozick and Self-Haters

Ozick wants Babel to be as celebrated as Kafka (even though it won't happen). We should be asking why she isn't as celebrated as Philip Roth (even though we know it won't happen).

There is misogyny to be found in the consumption of Jewish fiction, despite the fact that more Jewish women than men are writing these days. Ozick is the self-hating sisters of Sara Smolinsky; Feministing says the same for Nicole Krauss, who isn't nearly as celebrated as her husband.