Most of the celebrations and elegies for the great John Updike were abysmally bland, praising him as the bard and chronicler of the great American middle (middle-class, middle-minded, and so forth).

John Cheever and John Updike enjoyed an occasionally antagonistic relationship over the years—not long after they met, Cheever dreamt that Updike was trying to kill him—but their mutual admiration, ...

I read John Updike’s “Rabbit at Rest” while in Japan, and quickly worked my way backwards to the rest of the “Rabbit” quartet, and eventually through all of Updike’s stories. There seemed to me not ...

Author John Updike’s childhood home in Shillington will become a museum and literary landmark, advancing previously expressed dreams by the John Updike Society. “We expect to have the main rooms in ...

John Updike, one of the most prolific and popular American authors of his generation who chronicled the drama of everyday suburban life, died Tuesday, his publisher said. Writer Nicholas Delbanco, a ...

It’s hard to believe the literary reputation of John Updike is still up for debate. At least it feels like it is. As the novelist was approaching senescence around the turn of the century, critics ...

John Updike, who died in 2009 at 76, was one of the best-known and most highly regarded American writers of the second half of the 20th century. He started publishing his work in The New Yorker as ...

SHILLINGTON, Pa.- A special event took place Friday at John Updike's Childhood home celebrating what would have been the author's 90 th birthday. "We decided that this 1st birthday after our grand ...

The back of John Updike’s White House invitation. (Photographs by Nick Cabrera. View more pieces from The Other John Updike Archive here. Read Francesca Mari’s article on the collection here.) My life ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In “Without Consent,” Sarah Weinman looks at a shocking 1978 case — and women’s ongoing struggle for justice. By Rachel Louise Snyder The prolific novelist’s correspondence, collected for the first ...