John Cheever and John Updike enjoyed an occasionally antagonistic relationship over the years—not long after they met, Cheever dreamt that Updike was trying to kill him—but their mutual admiration, ...
I read John Updike’s “Rabbit at Rest” while in Japan, and quickly worked my way backwards to the rest of the “Rabbit” quartet, and eventually through all of Updike’s stories. There seemed to me not ...
It’s hard to believe the literary reputation of John Updike is still up for debate. At least it feels like it is. As the novelist was approaching senescence around the turn of the century, critics ...
John Updike, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction whose novels and short stories exposed an undercurrent of ambivalence and disappointment in small-town, middle-class America, died Tuesday. He ...
Many American writers this century have been called brilliant and accomplished, but Updike is the real thing, as this huge collection of personal essays, social commentary, book reviews, introductions ...
Your institution does not have access to this book on JSTOR. Try searching on JSTOR for other items related to this book. Introduction: Updike as Europeans See Him Introduction: Updike as Europeans ...
In 2004, novelist John Updike spoke at the Center for Religious Inquiry at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City. Read Benedicta Cipolla’s report. After 21 novels and countless short stories, John ...
Also in Slate: Ron Rosenbaum admires Jim Holt’s pursuit of true nothingness. The following article is adapted from Jim Holt’s Why Does the World Exist?, out now from W.W. Norton. Late winter in ...
John Updike was the first person to make me laugh. I don’t remember this, but I have it on good authority: My father, who was his classmate at college, just sent me this sketch of the scene. The place ...
In “Without Consent,” Sarah Weinman looks at a shocking 1978 case — and women’s ongoing struggle for justice. By Rachel Louise Snyder The prolific novelist’s correspondence, collected for the first ...
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