The John Updike Society will hold the Inaugural John Updike Conference later this fall in Reading, Pennsylvania. Who’s on the guest list, you ask? According to Jacket Copy:
“Acclaimed writer Ann Beattie and her husband, painter Lincoln Perry, will be the keynote speakers. Beattie will talk about Updike’s short fiction, Perry about his painting series based on Updike’s Rabbit novels. Other featured guests will include Updike’s first wife and three of his children, along with classmates from Shillington High School.”
His high school classmates? His ex-wife? Seems a little bizarre (though maybe in a very good way) to us.
