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Daphne Merkin is a novelist, essayist, reviewer who became famous overnight for her 1996 New Yorker essay, "Unlikely Obsession" about her fetish for spanking. Now in the news again for her controversial New York Times op-ed critical of #metoo, Merkin talks about Phillip Roth, suicidal ideation, and whether her pal Woody Allen should be considered a sex offender.
By Andrew Goldman, busybody/interviewer, LA Mag, NY Mag, NY Times, WSJ Mag4.7
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Daphne Merkin is a novelist, essayist, reviewer who became famous overnight for her 1996 New Yorker essay, "Unlikely Obsession" about her fetish for spanking. Now in the news again for her controversial New York Times op-ed critical of #metoo, Merkin talks about Phillip Roth, suicidal ideation, and whether her pal Woody Allen should be considered a sex offender.

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