John Updike
The 60s: The Story of a Decade Henry Finder, Editor Random House (October 2016) Here is an incomparable collective portrait of a truly galvanizing era For more than 90 years, The New Yorker has earned and deserves its reputation as…
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The 50s: The Story of a Decade Henry Finder, Editor Random House (2015) “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens For more than 90 years, The New Yorker has earned and deserves its…
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Here is a brief interview of Garrison Keillor that was featured in The New York Times. The host of A Prairie Home Companion and the author, most recently, of The Keillor Reader collects hymnals, phrase books and tales of heroic collies.…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Maureen Dowd about Roger Angell for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo Credit: Todd Heisler/The New York…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrew Wylie for WSJ Magazine (June 2011). To read the complete article, please click here. In an introduction to the article, Daniel Gross explains that literary agent Andrew Wylie “is of…
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Here is an excerpt of an interview of Roger Angell by Dave Weich for the Powell’s Books website. To read the complete interview and interviews of other prominent authors, please click here. * * * In the spring of 1962,…
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A Nation of Eyewitnesses to J.F.K.’s Assassination: How it feels—and what it means—to watch a President slain on TV.
Here is a classic New Yorker article written by John Updike and featured in the November 29, 1963, issue. * * * It was as if we slept from Friday to Monday and dreamed an oppressive, unsearchably significant dream, which,…
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