Tag Archives: John Updike

Deaths of Distant Friends (or, John Updike Fucking Rocks)

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Kurt Baumeister

Kurt Baumeister and John Updike met once upon a time. The event probably wasn’t memorable for Updike, but it was for Baumeister. Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Literature, Memoir, Popular Culture | Tagged Deaths of Distant Friends, John Updike, Kurt Baumeister, Memories, Rabbit, Run, The Weeklings | Leave a comment

What We Talk About When We Talk About Sex (In Fiction)

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Sean Murphy

Writing about sex is like engaging in sex: it’s hard. Except when it’s not hard enough. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Sex | Tagged Bad Sex in FIction Award, Ben Okri, Bukowski, Chaucer, Christopher Hitchens, David Guterson, Hemingway, Jackie Treehorn, John Updike, Laura Miller, Literary Review, Liz Taylor, philip roth, Richard Burton, Sean Murphy, Shakespeare, The Miller's Tale, Tom Wolfe | 2 Comments

Men in Books

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Janet Steen

In which Janet Steen stacks the contemporary male loser protagonist up against some literary men she’s loved in the past. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged david foster wallace, Gary Shteyngart, jane eyre, jesus' son, John Updike, mr. rochester, new york review of books, nick carraway, norman mailer, philip roth, sam lipsyte, stephen dixon, the great gatsby | 2 Comments

Misfits Unite

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Janet Steen

Janet Steen finds sonic bliss on a stretch of American strip mall…and then seeks out the musician who inspired it. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Camden Joy, David Bowie, Devin Davis, Elliott Smith, John Updike, misfits, Stephen Malkmus, Yoko Ono | Comments Off