{"id":895,"date":"2009-05-28T06:29:33","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T11:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=6"},"modified":"2023-08-28T11:58:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:58:01","slug":"a-tribute-to-john-updike-forthcoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2009\/05\/28\/a-tribute-to-john-updike-forthcoming\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Tribute to John Updike&#8221; at the JFK Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2009\/05\/updike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2009\/05\/updike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a>On June 7, 2009, <strong>&#8220;A Tribute to John Updike&#8221; <\/strong>will celebrate the author&#8217;s life and works. The event will be held at the John F. Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>The program is scheduled from 3-4 p.m., and advance registration is required (visit www.jfklibrary.org).\u00a0Hosted by\u00a0by radio\/internet host Christopher Lydon, who frequently interviewed Updike, the program features authors Nicholson Baker (<em>U &amp; I<\/em>), Samuel Shem (pen-name, Dr. Stephen Bergman), and Anne Bernays; editor and journalist Charles McGrath, who also interviewed Updike in the past; critic and scholar William Pritchard (<em>Updike: America\u2019s Man of Letters<\/em>), and Updike family members. The program is presented in conjunction with PEN New England and sponsored by Friends of the Ernest Hemingway Collection and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: For those who missed it, C-SPAN has a tape of &#8220;A Tribute to John Updike&#8221; which runs an hour and two minutes. It aired last on July 6, 2009, and can be viewed or purchased <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-spanarchives.org\/library\/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&amp;products_id=286892-1\">here<\/a> (link provided by Jack De Bellis).<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 7, 2009, &#8220;A Tribute to John Updike&#8221; will celebrate the author&#8217;s life and works. The event will be held at the John F. Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston. The program is scheduled from 3-4 p.m., and advance registration &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2009\/05\/28\/a-tribute-to-john-updike-forthcoming\/\">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":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895","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=895"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6206,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions\/6206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}