The Philip Roth and John Updike societies announced that registration is now open to participate in a joint conference to be held in New York City, Oct. 19-22, 2025.

The conference celebrates a literary friendship-rivalry and publication anniversaries of Roth’s The Prague Orgy (40th), Sabbath’s Theater (30th), and The Human Stain (25th), and Updike’s first “Talk of the Town” column (70th), Of the Farm (60th), A Month of Sundays (50th), Rabbit Angstrom (30th), Gertrude and Claudius (25th), and Still Looking (20th).

Participation is limited to 100, and papers/moderators will be accepted on a rolling basis.  See Roth-Updike announcement for details on the call for papers and also newly added information about conference and hotel registration.