{"id":2821,"date":"2015-03-14T22:01:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T03:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2015-03-14T22:01:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T03:01:15","slug":"updike-makes-a-pi-day-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2015\/03\/14\/updike-makes-a-pi-day-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Updike makes a Pi Day reading list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2015\/03\/Problems.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2822\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2015\/03\/Problems.jpg\" alt=\"Problems\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2015\/03\/Problems.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2015\/03\/Problems-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Paste Magazine<\/em> today featured a booklist post from <strong>Tyler Kane<\/strong> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2015\/03\/eight-math-inspired-stories-for-pi-day.html\">&#8220;8 Entertaining Math-Inspired Reads for Pi Day.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Topping the list was <em>An Abundance of Katherines<\/em> by John Green, better known for <em>The Fault in Our Stars<\/em>. Right behind him was John Cheever&#8217;s <em>The Geometry of Love<\/em>, followed by Thomas Pynchon&#8217;s <em>Gravity&#8217;s Rainbow<\/em>, David Foster Wallace&#8217;s <em>Infinite Jest<\/em>, Michael Crichton&#8217;s <em>Jurassic Park<\/em>, <em>The Number of the Beast<\/em> by Robert A. Heinlein, John Updike&#8217;s <strong><em>Problems<\/em><\/strong>, and Brandon Sanderson&#8217;s <em>The Rithmatist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Of <em>Problems<\/em>, Kane writes, &#8220;Abandoning your family is as easy as simple math in John Updike\u2019s bummer tale of domestic frustration. You\u2019re treated to pages of a logic puzzle, dealing with the causes and effects that occur when A, B and C interact. Here, we see our main character juggling laundry, his children\u2019s expenses and psychiatric visits\u2014all in a new life with a younger woman. The worst part? This all looks easier on paper.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paste Magazine today featured a booklist post from Tyler Kane on &#8220;8 Entertaining Math-Inspired Reads for Pi Day.&#8221; Topping the list was An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, better known for The Fault in Our Stars. Right behind him &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2015\/03\/14\/updike-makes-a-pi-day-reading-list\/\">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":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821","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=2821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2823,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions\/2823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}