{"id":2518,"date":"2014-09-29T21:51:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T02:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2014-09-29T21:51:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T02:51:34","slug":"reading-eagle-notes-upcoming-updike-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2014\/09\/29\/reading-eagle-notes-upcoming-updike-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Eagle notes upcoming Updike conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a story written by Bruce Posten, the <em>Reading Eagle<\/em>\u00a0noted <a href=\"http:\/\/readingeagle.com\/news\/article\/alvernia-to-host-3rd-conference-on-john-updikes-legacy\">&#8220;Alvernia to host 3rd conference on John Updike&#8217;s legacy.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To clarify,\u00a0the Saturday morning session with Updike classmates interviewed by Jack De Bellis is also open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Speaking of Berks County as the major source of Updike&#8217;s literary muse,&#8221; Posten writes, &#8220;Guay said the author mined the area for stories, characters and reflections of changes in late 20th- and early 21st-century America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So much has been torn down or taken away from Reading,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Highlighting Updike&#8217;s contribution is definitely something we shouldn&#8217;t overlook or forget.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a story written by Bruce Posten, the Reading Eagle\u00a0noted &#8220;Alvernia to host 3rd conference on John Updike&#8217;s legacy.&#8221; To clarify,\u00a0the Saturday morning session with Updike classmates interviewed by Jack De Bellis is also open to the public. &#8220;Speaking of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2014\/09\/29\/reading-eagle-notes-upcoming-updike-conference\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3rd-biennial-jus-conference"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions\/2519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}