{"id":5852,"date":"2023-01-16T10:49:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=5852"},"modified":"2023-01-16T10:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:52:32","slug":"will-updikes-marry-me-catch-on-as-a-proposal-prop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2023\/01\/16\/will-updikes-marry-me-catch-on-as-a-proposal-prop\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Updike’s ‘Marry Me’ catch on as a proposal prop?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back in 1995, John Updike helped Updike scholar James Plath propose to his wife, Zarina, by inscribing a copy of his novel Marry Me: A Romance<\/em> and postdating it to the day that Plath was to get down on one knee at the top of the Empire State Building on a trip to New York City. A recent Daily Mail<\/em> story<\/a> on British journalist, writer, and TV personality Piers Morgan revealed that he too used Updike’s book when he popped the question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Piers proposed on a romantic trip to Paris in 2009 by presenting Celia with a book by her favourite novelist, American John Updike, entitled Marry Me<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Previously he claimed he was planning to use a video recording he had prepared of singer Stevie Wonder ordering Celia to accept his proposal,” but went with Updike instead\u2014proving, perhaps, that the pen is mightier than the piano? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that it’s been revealed a celebrity has used the Marry Me<\/em> gambit, will it catch on as a proposal prop?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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