Search

Search results

Displaying 1 - 10

Updike, John

(Encyclopedia) Updike, John, 1932–2009, American author, one of the nation's most distinguished 20th-century men of letters, b. Shillington, Pa., grad. Harvard, 1954. In his many novels and stories,…

John Updike

After moving from Harvard and Oxford to a staff position on The New Yorker magazine, John Updike turned his talent and brainy pedigree into a successful 50-year career as a novelist, essayist and…

Updike, Daniel Berkeley

(Encyclopedia) Updike, Daniel BerkeleyUpdike, Daniel Berkeleyŭpˈdīkˌ [key], 1860–1941, American printer and historian of typography, b. Providence, R.I. At the Merrymount Press, which he founded in…

short story

(Encyclopedia) short story, brief prose fiction. The term covers a wide variety of narratives—from stories in which the main focus is on the course of events to studies of character, from the “short…

Maxwell, William Keepers, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Maxwell, William Keepers, Jr., 1908–2000, American novelist, short-story writer, and editor, b. Lincoln, Ill. Educated at the Univ. of Illinois and Harvard, he began his career as a…

Ralph Eugene UPDIKE, Congress, IN (1894-1953)

UPDIKE Ralph Eugene , a Representative from Indiana; born in Brookville, Franklin County, Ind., May 27, 1894; attended the public schools of Whitcomb and Brookville, Dodds Army and Navy Academy,…

American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

(Encyclopedia) American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, honorary academy of notable American artists, writers, and composers. The National Institute of Arts and Letters, founded in 1898,…

Mirror Image

Once, women worried about their figures while men scarfed pizza and beer with abandon. Then came Soloflex ads, male anorexia, and... platic calves? The first in a six-part series on the new male body…

1964 National Book Awards

Arts and LettersJohn Keats: The Making of a Poet, Aileen WardFictionThe Centaur, John UpdikeHistory and BiographyThe Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, William H.…

Part One in a Six-Part Series

Mirror Image by Alicia Potter Source: Arttoday.com The male torso reigns as the decade's most powerful crossover image — appealing to men, women, gays, and straights alike. Part One:…