{"id":4144,"date":"2017-08-20T09:44:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2017-08-20T09:44:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T14:44:48","slug":"updikes-witches-named-best-book-set-in-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2017\/08\/20\/updikes-witches-named-best-book-set-in-rhode-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Updike&#8217;s Witches named best book set in Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-07-at-9.21.48-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4066\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-07-at-9.21.48-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-07-at-9.21.48-AM.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-07-at-9.21.48-AM-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>When you see an article titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/culture-design\/books\/books-based-in-every-state#because-of-winn-dixie-florida\">&#8220;The Best Books Based in Every State&#8221;<\/a> at <em>Travel + Leisure<\/em> magazine, you expect John Updike to turn up as the choice for Pennsylvania. After all, two of the &#8220;Rabbit&#8221; novels won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. But this new article from Lydia Mansel names Jerry Spinell&#8217;s <em>Maniac Magee<\/em> as the best book from the Keystone State: &#8220;Jeffrey Lionel &#8216;Maniac&#8217; Magee is now an orphan and looking for a home in a town in Pennsylvania, a town based on the author\u2019s childhood home in Norristown. He\u2019s also a local legend, thanks to his athleticism and courage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Updike still turns up on the list, though, as author of the best book set in Rhode Island: \u00a0<em><strong>The Witches of Eastwick<\/strong><\/em>. &#8220;In a quaint coastal town in Rhode Island there are three witches\u2014Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie\u2014who developed powers after losing their husbands to death or divorce. Soon, Darryl Van Horne moves in, and all kinds of chaos ensue. Seduction, humor, and revenge reign in John Updike&#8217;s magical little town of Eastwick.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you see an article titled &#8220;The Best Books Based in Every State&#8221; at Travel + Leisure magazine, you expect John Updike to turn up as the choice for Pennsylvania. After all, two of the &#8220;Rabbit&#8221; novels won the Pulitzer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2017\/08\/20\/updikes-witches-named-best-book-set-in-rhode-island\/\">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":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4144","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\/4144","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=4144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4146,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4144\/revisions\/4146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}