SHILLINGTON, Pa. — Multi-Pulitzer Prize-winning writer John Updike had his humble beginnings in Berks County. Now, his childhood home in Shillington, now owned by The John Updike Society, is ...

March 18, 1932 - Jan. 28, 2009 At its best, John Updike's work not only lyrically defined the joys and sorrows of the American middle class, but also gave - as he once wrote of another author ...

Third Mind Books takes a specialized approach to bookselling in Ann Arbor, offering first-edition and rare Beat Generation ...

John Updike’s archive at Harvard’s Houghton Library houses manuscripts and typescripts of many of his books and stories, including these three versions of the opening to his novel “Rabbit at ...

Every generation has a small group of young fiction writers who make it: They top bestseller lists, win prizes, and become household names. And for decades — well, nearly every decade — they ...

For the cover of the June 2, 2025, issue, the artist Kadir Nelson features Marshall W. (Major) Taylor leading a parade of bicyclists from eras past and present.

The sports correspondent on John Updike’s “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu”—his account of Ted Williams’s last game, and last home run, with the Boston Red Sox. The New Yorker Radio Hour.

He was admired worldwide, by authors ranging from John Updike to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and by former President Barack Obama, who once praised Ngũgĩ’s ability to tell “a compelling story ...

Kerouac became known as one of the fathers of the 1950s “Beat Generation” and was famous for his novel, “On the Road.” Bryan’s 2022 single “Burn, Burn, Burn,” was reportedly inspired ...

The 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, was largely a forgettable head of state, aside from his gigantic muttonchops. By contrast, his grandson is a completely different story.