{"id":3805,"date":"2017-04-29T11:41:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T16:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2017-04-29T11:41:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T16:41:33","slug":"novelists-best-kiss-john-updike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2017\/04\/29\/novelists-best-kiss-john-updike\/","title":{"rendered":"Novelist&#8217;s best kiss:  John Updike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-29-at-11.35.02-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3806\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-29-at-11.35.02-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>Rosanna Greenstreet of <em>The Guardian<\/em> recently played 23 questions with novelist <strong>Ann Patchett<\/strong>, whose novels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Magicians-Assistant-Ann-Patchett\/dp\/0156006219\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1493483897&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+magician%27s+assistant+by+ann+patchett\"><em>The Magician&#8217;s Assistant<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bel-Canto-P-S-Ann-Patchett\/dp\/0061565318\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1493483635&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bel+canto+by+ann+patchett\"><em>Bel Canto<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/State-Wonder-Novel-Ann-Patchett\/dp\/006204981X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1493483781&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=state+of+wonder+by+ann+patchett\"><em>State of Wonder<\/em><\/a> were shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction (now the Women&#8217;s Prize for Fiction), and this interesting exchange popped up:<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the best kiss of your life?<\/strong><br \/>\nI kissed John Updike as he presented me with an award. It wasn&#8217;t the best kiss as far as kisses go, but I hold the fact that I kissed John Updike, that he kissed me, very close to my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Well, there&#8217;s a new spin on the old phrase kiss-and-tell. . . .<\/p>\n<p>The rest of her responses are below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2017\/apr\/29\/q-and-a-ann-patchett-novelist\">&#8220;Ann Patchett: My best kiss? I kissed John Updike as he presented me with an award.&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosanna Greenstreet of The Guardian recently played 23 questions with novelist Ann Patchett, whose novels The Magician&#8217;s Assistant, Bel Canto, and State of Wonder were shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction (now the Women&#8217;s Prize for Fiction), and this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2017\/04\/29\/novelists-best-kiss-john-updike\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-updikes-life-times"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805","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\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3807,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805\/revisions\/3807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}