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Item Details
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UPDIKE IN CINCINNATI
A LITERARY PERFORMANCE |
| By: |
James A. Schiff (Editor), Jon Hughes (Photos) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0821417487 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780821417485 |
| Publisher: |
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 May, 2007 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
In the wake of race riots and an airline strike, the author came to the University of Cincinnati in April 2001 as an honored guest. Over two spring days, he engaged and charmed his audiences, reading from his fiction, fielding questions, sitting for an interview, and participating in a panel discussion. This book deals with his works. |
| Synopsis: |
\u201cI had a great time in Cincinnati; but why is there no shrine to Doris Day?\u201d -John Updike In the wake of race riots and an airline strike, John Updike came to the University of Cincinnati in April 2001 as an honored guest. Over two spring days, he engaged and charmed his audiences, reading from his fiction, fielding questions, sitting for an interview, participating in a panel discussion, and touring Cincinnati. Successful writers typically spend a portion of their non-writing lives traveling the country to give readings and lectures. While a significant experience for author and audience alike, this public spectacle, once covered in detailed newspaper accounts, now is barely noticed by the media. Updike in Cincinnati-composed of a wealth of materials, including session transcripts, short fiction read and discussed by the author, photographs, and anecdotal observations about Updike\u2019s behavior in the Queen City-is unique in comprehensively documenting a literary visit by a major American author. Updike\u2019s verbal eloquence, intelligence, improvisational skills, and gift for comedy are displayed in full vigor.With natural grace, the author discusses a range of topics, including his own work, his mother and his oldest son as writers, Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, the Nobel Prize, his appearance on The Simpsons, the divine right of kings and Ottoman sultans, and Hamlet. Updike in Cincinnati portrays one of America\u2019s literary giants as an adept and talented public performer. |
| Illustrations: |
photos |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Ohio University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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