Panels are set now for the two sessions that The John Updike Society will sponsor at the 26th Annual American Literature Association Conference, May 21-24, 2015 at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, Mass. Times and days for the presentations will be announced later.

Perspectives on John Updike (I)
Chair: Peter Quinones, Independent Scholar

1. “Solipsism and the American Self: Rethinking David Foster Wallace’s Reading of John Updike,” Matthew Shipe, Washington University
2. “Embracing Death: Aging in Updike’s Late Works,” Yue Wang, Dalian University of Technology
3. “A Comparison/Contrast of Edward Abbey’s The Fool’s Progress and John Updike’s Rabbit Tetralogy,” Maria Mogford and James Speese, Albright College

Perspectives on John Updike (II)
Chair: Sylvie Mathé, Aix-Marseille University

1. “’Real Enough . . . for Now’: Nudity as Aperture in John Updike’s ‘Nakedness,’” Avis Hewitt, Grand Valley State University
2. “Echoes of J.D. Salinger and Ernest Hemingway in John Updike’s The Centaur: An Alternative to Contemporary American Canonical Discourse,” Takashi Nakatani, Yokohama City University
3. “’Rabbit Remembered’ and Its Various Intertexts,” James Schiff, University of Cincinnati

Thanks to everyone who submitted proposals, and to Peter Quinones for coordinating the sessions.