John Updike (1932 - 2009) was an American writer. His works include Rabbit Angrstom: A Tetralogy, Olinger Stories, Of the Farm, The Maples Stories, and In the Beauty of the Lilies. Updike won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1991, 1982), National Book Award (1982, 1964), and the PEN/Faulkner Award (2004).
When Queenie and her friends, dressed only in bathing suits, enter Lengel’s A&P to buy kipper snacks, the life of Sammy the cashier is changed forever. This program presents a dramatization of John Updike’s frequently anthologized story of irony and innocence. Updike himself comments on the story in an interview with Donald M. Murray, columnist for The Boston Globe and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer. (31 minutes)
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This is a rare glimpse into the literary psyche of one of America’s premier novelists, who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for literature. In the only writers’ workshop Updike has ever conducted, the author explores his beginnings as a writer, and offers his unique perception of the writing process—including his insistence that "most of the best fiction is written out of early impressions." Workshop sessions are blended with exclusive interviews in which Updike talks about his Pennsylvania roots, and reads aloud from his own works. Printed on-screen selections from specific titles emphasize given topics. (56 minutes)
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