Johannes Lichtman’s writing has been published by The Oxford American, American
Short Fiction, Barrelhouse, and others. He is co-founder of the lit site Treehouse. You
can follow him on twitter @JLThePlagiarist
Upon publication of his first novel, Balls, author Julian Tepper received pointed advice from one Philip Roth: quit. What the elder statesman, on the verge of his own retirement, was…