{"id":4670,"date":"2019-02-09T11:32:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T17:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2019-03-15T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T03:00:08","slug":"updike-panels-set-for-30th-ala-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2019\/02\/09\/updike-panels-set-for-30th-ala-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Updike panels set for 30th ALA conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The John Updike Society will be well represented at the 30th annual American Literature Association Conference in Boston, May 23-26. In addition to a business meeting scheduled for noon on Thursday, May 23, the society will sponsor two panels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Updike\u2019s Global Reach: <\/strong><em><strong>The Coup<\/strong><\/em><strong> at 40&#8243;<\/strong><br><em>Thursday, May 23, 10:30-11:50 a.m.<\/em><br>Moderator:\u00a0 Sylvie Math\u00e9, Aix-Marseille University<br>Kirk Curnutt, Troy University<br>Quentin Miller, Suffolk University<br>James Schiff, University of Cincinnati<br>Matthew Shipe, Washington University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Updike\u2019s <\/strong><em><strong>The Maples Stories<\/strong><\/em><strong>: Quirky or Quintessential Chronicle of a Marriage?&#8221;<\/strong><br><em>Thursday, May 23, 4:30-5:50 p.m.<\/em><br>Moderator:\u00a0 James Plath, Illinois Wesleyan University<br>Marshall Boswell, Rhodes College<br>Biljana Doj\u010dinovi\u0107, University of Belgrade<br>Lynn Leibowitz, Mercy College<br>Gail Sinclair, Rollins College <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The society was launched 10 years ago at the ALA conference in Boston, so it also will be an anniversary celebration for those members who attend. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2019\/02\/Westin-copley4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2019\/02\/Westin-copley4.jpg 852w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2019\/02\/Westin-copley4-440x300.jpg 440w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2019\/02\/Westin-copley4-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2019\/02\/Westin-copley4-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><figcaption>The Westin-Copley Place off Copley Square, site of the 30th ALA Conference. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The John Updike Society will be well represented at the 30th annual American Literature Association Conference in Boston, May 23-26. In addition to a business meeting scheduled for noon on Thursday, May 23, the society will sponsor two panels: &#8220;Updike\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2019\/02\/09\/updike-panels-set-for-30th-ala-conference\/\">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":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ala"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670","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=4670"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4717,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670\/revisions\/4717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}