{"id":54,"date":"2009-05-29T10:13:07","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T15:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2025-07-06T10:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:41:33","slug":"select-online-interviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/select-online-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Interviews and Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“John Updike: ‘One way to make a living that didn’t necessarily inflict pain on other people'”<\/a> (TMH). Updike interviewed in the hearth room of the Polly Dole House, with footage of the family (related to Life<\/em> interview?)1966.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Art of Fiction No. 43: John Updike\u201d<\/a> (The Paris Review<\/em>, Charles Thomas Samuels), Issue 45, Winter 1968.<\/p>\n

“At Home with John Updike”<\/a> (WGBH TV, Boston, China Altman), July 28, 1978. Also on Discover News Television.<\/a><\/p>\n

“American Centaur: An Interview with John Updike”<\/a> (Knjizevba Smotra, Zvonimir Radeljkovic and Omer Hadziselimovic), 1979. Original interview conducted on October 21, 1978, translated by Omer Had\u017eiselimovi\u0107 and Zvonimir Radeljkovi\u0107\u00a0and published in The New Yorker.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Dick Cavett Show<\/em><\/a>, featuring John Updike and John Cheever (WNET-TV, New York),1981.<\/p>\n

“A Lovely Way through Life: An Interview with John Updike.” Philip Sheib,\u00a0Southwest Review\u00a0<\/em>66:4 (Autumn 1981). Southern Methodist University.<\/p>\n

\u201cAudio Interview with John Updike\u201d<\/a> (Wired for Books, Don Swaim), June 5, 1984.<\/p>\n

“Upon Reflection: John Updike”<\/a> (with Al Page) UWTV (Univ. of Washington, Seattle) 1989. Posted Jan. 30, 2014.<\/p>\n

“Meridian Special: John Updike Interview”<\/a> (BBC Sounds), January 1, 1990.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn Updike Interview\u201d<\/a> (Hamish Hamilton author interview, You Tube), 1995.<\/p>\n

“John Updike Talks About Writing, His Life, and His Works: Part 2.”<\/a> Ronald G. Shafer,\u00a0CEA Critic\u00a0<\/em>57-3 (Spring\/Summer 1995).<\/p>\n

“‘A&P’ Interview with John Updike”<\/a> (Donald M. Murray and Bruce R. Schwartz), October 29, 1995. Conducted in a room at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge. Posted November 19, 2022.<\/p>\n

John Updike on The Charlie Rose Show, 1995-2009 (Clips).<\/a><\/p>\n

“John Updike Interview,” <\/a>Writers & Company with Eleanor Wachtel<\/em>, CBC Radio One, Toronto, 1996.<\/p>\n

“A Relaxed Conversation with John Updike.”<\/a> Julieta Ojeda Alba, Atlantis<\/em> 18: 1-2 (June-Dec. 1996).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe <\/a>Salon<\/a><\/em> Interview: John Updike\u201d<\/a> (Dwight Garner), following publication of In the Garden of Lilies.” <\/em>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

“John Updike’s In the Beauty of the Lilies<\/em>: New Yorker<\/em>‘s theological writer takes to Patterson, New Jersey.”<\/a> Judith Moore, San Diego Reader<\/em>, Feb. 29, 1996.<\/p>\n

“Charlie Rose\u2014John Updike on Rabbit”<\/a> (Charlie Rose Show, You Tube), October 6, 1997.<\/p>\n

“John Updike Interview”<\/a> (Charlie Rose Show, YouTube), 1998.<\/p>\n

\u201cInterview: John Updike discusses his new novel, \u2018Gertrude and Claudius\u2019\u201d<\/a> (NPR Talk of the Nation, Juan Williams), March 9, 2000.<\/p>\n

“John Updike – Part 1,”<\/a> “John Updike – Part 2,”<\/a> “John Updike – Part 3”<\/a> (Raw interview footage from director Adam Van Doren’s 2000 documentary film,\u00a0James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times<\/em>)<\/p>\n

“John Updike on Family Affairs”<\/a> (Blank on blank<\/em>, John Freeman), spring 2002.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe WD Interview: John Updike\u201d<\/a> (Writer\u2019s Digest<\/em>, Kelly Nickell), January 2002.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Interview with John Updike\u201d<\/a> (The Charlie Rose Show), January 10, 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn Updike speaks with Jeffrey Brown: The Early Stories\u201d<\/a> (NewsHour with Jim Lehrer<\/em>), December 29, 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201cShowing Ordinary Life as Being Worth Writing About\u201d<\/a> (Academy of Achievement), June 12, 2004.<\/p>\n

“John Updike: Dreams from My Mother,”<\/a> What It Takes podcast. 2004. Posted January 28, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cInterview: John Updike on \u2018Still Looking\u2019 collects essays on art\u201d<\/a> (NPR Morning Edition, Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne), November 10, 2005.<\/p>\n

“John Updike on Bookworm, Pt. 1,”<\/a>\u00a0(Bookworm<\/em> radio show, KCRW-FM, Michael Silverblatt),\u00a0Feb. 5, 2013 (conducted September 14, 2006), with Updike discussing Terrorist.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIn \u2018Terrorist,\u2019 a Cautious Novelist Takes On a New Fear\u201d<\/a> (The New York Times<\/em>, Charles McGrath), May 31, 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoly Terror: Updike goes inside the mind of a Muslim teen\u201d<\/a> (BookPage<\/em>, Alden Mudge).<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Mind of a Terrorist: An Interview with John Updike\u201d<\/a> (Borders.com<\/em>, Matt Nelson).<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn Updike Explores Arab Immigrant Culture\u201d<\/a> (NPR<\/em>, Steve Inskeep), June 13, 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/a>The Bat Segundo Show<\/a><\/em> #50: John Updike,\u201d<\/a> July 14, 2006.<\/p>\n

“Updike Redux: Lila Azam Zanganeh interviews John Updike.”<\/a> (Guernica: A Magazine of Art & Politics<\/em>). November 2010 (conducted in 2006).<\/p>\n

“John Updike on Bookworm, Pt. 2,”<\/a> (Bookworm<\/em> radio show, KCRW-FM, Michael Silverblatt), Feb. 5, 2013 (conducted September 21, 2006), with Updike discussing the Rabbit Angstrom novels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Last of His Kind? A literary lion discusses regional identity, sex in literature and a future without authors\u201d<\/a> (Nashville Scene<\/em>, Maria Browning), November 2, 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cQ&A with John Updike\u201d<\/a> (National Geographic<\/em>, Jamie Shreeve), 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Artist as Showman: A Conversation with John Updike\u201d<\/a> (Humanities<\/em>, Bruce Cole), May\/June 2008, Volume 29 Number 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpdike and the Women\u201d<\/a> (New York Books<\/em>, Emily Nussbaum), October 19, 2008.<\/p>\n

“Night Talk on Bloomberg: An Interview with John Updike”<\/a>\u2014Video interview promoting The Widows of Eastwick<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid I actually write a soliloquy for a hamster?\u201d<\/a> (The Observer<\/em>, Peter Conrad), October 26, 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cInterview with John Updike\u201d<\/a> (National Book Foundation, Diane Osen).<\/p>\n

“Arts: A Conversation with John Updike”<\/a> (New York Times<\/em>, Sam Tanenhaus), October 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn Updike\u2019s last interview\u201d<\/a> (The Telegraph<\/em>, Mick Brown), October, 2008.<\/p>\n

“Arts: John Updike, A Life in Letters<\/a>“\u2014(Charles “Chip” McGrath’s long New York Times<\/em> video interview), 1.25 min., conducted in late 2008, originally released as a podcast.<\/p>\n

“After Words In-Depth: John Updike”<\/a> (Book TV – C-SPAN – 3-hour interview with Susan Page), Jan. 29, 2009.<\/p>\n

Readings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“John Updike reading ‘Deaths of Distant Friends”<\/a>\u2014Updike reading his short story from the collection Trust Me. Posted 6 April 2019.<\/p>\n

“Updike reading his short story ‘Pygmalion'”<\/a>\u2014Updike reading another short story from the collection Trust Me. Posted 6 April 2019.<\/p>\n

“Founders’ Day Convocation (2002 Program and video)”<\/a>\u2014Updike receiving an honorary degree (15:00) and delivering remarks\u2014”Readings Not Totally Unsuited to Founders’ Day”\u2014at a convocation celebrating the opening of the Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University. 11 February 2002.<\/p>\n

“Updike address at Calvin College”<\/a>\u2014Readings and reflections, Festival of Faith and Writing Conference, April 4, 1998, filmed and posted on YouTube July 7, 2013 by John McTavish.<\/p>\n

Miscellaneous You Tube posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Famous Residents: John Updike”<\/a>\u2014Georgetown CTV YouTube slide-show contextualized mini-bio about Updike’s year’s in Georgetown, Mass., where he famously worked on Rabbit Is Rich. Posted 18 April 2019.<\/p>\n

“The Secret of John Updike’s Productivity”<\/a>\u2014Brief clip (2.5 min.) of New Yorker <\/em>staff writer Adam Gopnik speaking at the Free Library in Philadelphia on March 12, 2019.<\/p>\n

“From the Archives: Updike on New Yorker<\/em> cartoons”<\/a>\u2014WGBH segment with host Chris Lydon, featuring John Updike commenting on\u00a0New Yorker<\/em> cartoons as they walk through an exhibit. Posted 7 July 2014.<\/p>\n

“Updike Memories: Mary, Miranda, and Michael”<\/a>\u2014Short (12.5 min.) documentary filmed by Updike grandson Kai Freyleue. Posted in 2011.<\/p>\n

“John Updike on the Golf Course”<\/a>\u2014Video clip of Updike on his Myopia Hunt Club golf course and also reading from his golf essays, from a segment titled “Golf Stories” that was produced by Peter Imber for a 1994 Nightline<\/em> (ABC-TV) broadcast.<\/p>\n

“Profiles in Excellence: John Updike” (Penn State)<\/a>\u2014Clip of Updike accepting the 1983 Distinguished Pennsylvania Artist Award and a much later segment of him talking about Pennsylvania and his fiction, intercut with readings and footage of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

“Author John Updike Dies<\/a>“\u2014Katie Couric (CBS) looks aback at the celebrated life of John Updike.<\/p>\n

“Farewell to John Updike”<\/a>\u2014Charles Osgood (CBS) takes a look back at the celebrated life and distinguished career of John Updike.<\/p>\n

“John Updike, Prize-winning Writer, Dies”<\/a>\u2014The Associated Press video obituary.<\/p>\n

“US Author John Updike dies at 76”<\/a>\u2014France 24, International News 24\/7 obituary.<\/p>\n

C-Span Video Library:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A Century of Arts and Letters”<\/a>\u2014May 19, 1998\u2014Panelists discuss the book edited by John Updike,\u00a0A Century of Arts and Letters<\/em>, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.<\/p>\n

“National Book Awards Dinner”<\/a>\u2014November 18, 1998\u2014Updike speaks after receiving the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.<\/p>\n

“A Conversation with John Updike”<\/a>\u2014November 28, 2000, New York Public Library\u2014Updike talks about his career and discusses his various works.<\/p>\n

“September 11th Fund Benefit”<\/a>\u2014October 11, 2001\u2014Updike is among a group of East Coast writers who read from the works of others.<\/p>\n

“In Depth with John Updike”<\/a>\u2014December 4, 2005\u2014A long (almost three hours) interview.<\/p>\n

“Saturday Book and Author Breakfast”<\/a>\u2014May 19, 2006\u2014Maria Arana moderates a discussion with three authors who talk about recent books: Sen. Barrack Obama, Amy Sedaris, and John Updike (Terrorist<\/em>).<\/p>\n

“American Art”<\/a>\u2014May 22, 2008\u2014Updike delivers the 37th Annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanitiesw on “The Clarity of Things: What Is American about American Art?”<\/p>\n

“Gertrude and Claudius”<\/a>\u2014July 21, 2019\u2014Barrington Stage behind-the-scenes clips and interviews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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