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John Updike Remembered: Friends, Family and Colleagues Reflect on the Writer and the Man

John Updike Remembered: Friends, Family and Colleagues Reflect on the Writer and the Man


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Fifty-three individuals present a prismatic view of the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and his work through anecdote and insight. Interviews and essays from family, friends and associates reveal sides of the novelist perhaps unfamiliar to the public--the high school prankster, the golfer, the creator of bedtime stories, the charming ironist, the faithful correspondent with scholars, the devoted friend and the dedicated practitioner of his craft. The contributors include his first wife, Mary Pennington, and three of their children; high school and college friends; authors John Barth, Joyce Carol Oates and Nicholson Baker; journalists Terri Gross and Ann Goldstein; and scholars Jay Parini, William Pritchard, James Plath, and Adam Begley, Updike's biographer.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part I—Shillington and Plowville, 1932–50: Interviews with Updike’s Classmates from Kindergarten through High School  1. Ann M. Weik (Cassar)  2. Jim Trexler  3. Gerry Potts  4. The Rev. Dr. Robert I. Rhoads, Sr.  5. Shirley F. Smith (Berger)  6. Joan P. Venne (Youngerman)  7. Jackie J. Hirneisen (Kendall)  8. Richard W. Manderbach  9. Barry R. Nelson 10. Emerson W. Gundy 11. Harlan L. Boyer 12. The Rev. Victor Kroninger 13. Jack E. Guerin 14. Barbara L. Hartz (Behney) 15. Tony VanLiew 16. Joan Borner (Conrad) 17. Nancy A. March (LeVan) 18. Myrtle Council 19. Benarda A. Palm Part II—Harvard and New York, 1950–57: Writers Recall the Early Years 20. John Hubbard: “Updike at the Harvard Lampoon” 21. Austin Briggs: “John Updike’s First Fan Letter” 22. Jeffrey Ludwig: “Roommates and Rivals: John Updike and Christopher Lasch at Harvard” 23. Mary P. Weatherall: “John at Harvard” Part III—Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1957–75: Looking Back and Moving Forward 24. Nicholas Delbanco: “R.I.P.” 25. Catherine Hiller: “Groping for the Truth” Part IV—Beverly Farms: 1976–2009: Writers, Fans, Friends and Family Reflect and Reminisce 26. John Barth: “Remembering John Updike” 27. Stephen Bergman [Samuel Shem]: “My Dear Friend John Updike” 28. William H. Pritchard: “John Updike” 29. Jack De Bellis: “Updike in Sync” 30. Burl N. Corbett: “The Centaur’s Son” 31. Jay Parini: “Updike and the Numinous” 32. Claude Clayton Smith: “Touching Genius: John Updike’s Odd Obsession” 33. Nicholson Baker: From U & I 34. Nicholson Baker: “The Nod” 35. Lini S. Kadaba: “Who Was John Updike?—Ask His Driver” 36. Harry Charles Buck Niehoff: “John Updike: Gentleman” 37. Roxana Robinson: “John Updike” 38. James Schiff: “Updike as Correspondent, Literary Performer, and Composer of Sentences” 39. Stephanie Vanderslice: “My John Updike” 40. Terry Gross: “The Problem I Had in Common with John Updike” 41. James Plath: “Fringe Benefit” 42. Adam Begley: “Updike’s Dangerous Charm” 43. Lynne Davis: “My Night with John Updike” 44. Avis Grey Hewitt: “Knowing John Updike” 45. Donald J. Greiner: “Creating John Updike” 46. Robert M. Luscher: “John Updike: Short Fiction, Long Impression” 47. D. Quentin Miller: “All the Clever Young Men” 48. Richard A. Davison: “Brief Encounters with Updike (2002–2008)” 49. Robert Wilson: “Updike at Rest” 50. Joyce Carol Oates: “Remembering John Updike” Part V—Family Remembrances 51. Elizabeth Updike Cobblah: “Remembering Daddy” 52. David H. Updike: “A Toast to the Visible World: Remembering John Updike” 53. Miranda Updike Freyleue: “Reflections on My Father” 54. Updike Family Panel in Reading, Pennsylvania Appendix: A Chronology of John Updike’s Life and Works Chapter Notes An Updike Bibliography General Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Jack A. De Bellis, a professor emeritus at Lehigh University, was a founder of the John Updike Society (and a director 2009–2014) and is an editor of the John Updike Review. He lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Review :
“Knowledgeable...deftly edited...insightful...strongly recommended” —Midwest Book Review.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781476667065
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 229
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Friends, Family and Colleagues Reflect on the Writer and the Man
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1476667063
  • Publisher Date: 21 Nov 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 408 gr


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