Monthly Archives: June 2018

John Updike Society conference well covered by Serbian media

Posted on June 20, 2018 by johnupdikesociety

In her post-conference report to the Faculty of Philology and board of The John Updike Society, director Biljana Dojčinović, Professor, Dept. of Comparative Literature and Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, noted that the conference was well … Continue reading →

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Portrait of the Artist as a Great Father roundup begins with Updike

Posted on June 17, 2018 by johnupdikesociety

For Father’s Day The Wall Street Journal published a roundup by Lee Siegel on “Portrait of the Artist as a Great Father; The cliché about famous creative types is that they’re self-obsessed and withdrawn. Less familiar—but more plentiful—are the stories … Continue reading →

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John Updike Review features new cartoons by the legendary Arnold Roth

Posted on June 16, 2018 by johnupdikesociety

Editor James Schiff and managing editor Nicola Mason have much to be proud of after publishing 10 strong issues of The John Updike Review, but Schiff has outdone himself with the Winter 2018 issue. The “Three Writers on” section focuses … Continue reading →

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Author recalls Updike, Ipswich pilgrimage

Posted on June 16, 2018 by johnupdikesociety

In “Recalling Sighting John Updike: The A&P of the Mind,” Martin Mugar writes about a pilgrimage he took to Ipswich hoping to get a glimpse of John Updike. Instead of meeting the author, he became involved in a fender-bender near … Continue reading →

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Updike’s witches turn up on another list

Posted on June 16, 2018 by johnupdikesociety

Kelley O’Brien, writing for Women.com, posted a list story on the “27 Best TV Shows About Witches” that includes Updike’s three witches from Eastwick. Not many people watched the series, which starred Joanna Frankel, Katherine Gardener, and Roxanne Torcoletti as … Continue reading →

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New Updike critical monograph slated for November release

Posted on June 12, 2018 by johnupdikesociety

Amazon is now accepting pre-orders for A Theology of Sense: John Updike, Embodiment, and Late Twentieth-Century American Literature, by Scott Dill. The hardcover volume runs 198 pages, with a suggested retail price of $64.95 from The Ohio State University Press. … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Belgrade . . . Hello, Reading!

Posted on June 11, 2018 by johnupdikesociety

At the membership meeting that closed the Fifth Biennial John Updike Society Conference in Belgrade, Serbia, hosted by the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, there was consensus that the conference was among the best, if not the best. Everyone … Continue reading →

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JUS5 presenters encouraged to send work to journals

Posted on June 11, 2018 by johnupdikesociety

Every John Updike Society conference has featured strong presentations, but the past two have been especially publication-worthy. Conference director Biljana Dojčinović wants to remind everyone to send their papers off to ONE of the peer-reviewed journals whose editors addressed the … Continue reading →

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#RealRabbit? Literary editor argues for the unsanitized version

Posted on June 9, 2018 by johnupdikesociety

With the news that Andrew Davies, “who is to TV adaptations what Michelangelo was to ceilings,” was going to make a sanitized version of John Updike’s Rabbit tetralogy for television that made Rabbit “less off-putting” to a female audience, Rosemary … Continue reading →

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