A Tribute to John Updike

Jun 7, 2009

Kennedy (John F.) Presidential Library PEN New England

A panel of fellow writers and friends talked about two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike, who passed away on January 27, 2009, at the age of 76. Authors Nicholson Baker, who wrote about his Updike obsession in U and I: A True Story, Samuel Shem (pen-name of Dr. Stephen Bergman), and Anne Bernays; editor and journalist .. Read More
A panel of fellow writers and friends talked about two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike, who passed away on January 27, 2009, at the age of 76. Authors Nicholson Baker, who wrote about his Updike obsession in U and I: A True Story, Samuel Shem (pen-name of Dr. Stephen Bergman), and Anne Bernays; editor and journalist Charles McGrath; critic and scholar William Pritchard, author of Updike: America's Man of Letters (University of Massachusetts Press, 2005); and his eldest child, a painter, paid tribute to author John Updike. Radio/Internet host Christopher Lydon was master of ceremonies. This Kennedy Library Forum, "A Tribute to John Updike," was held on Sunday, June 7, at 3 p.m. in Stephen Smith Hall at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston. This program was presented in conjunction with PEN New England.

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00:00:09 Unidentified Speaker JOHN UPDIKE DIED THIS PAST JANUARY AT THE AGE OF 71. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE KENNEDY LIBRARY, REMEMBERED...
00:00:53 Unidentified Speaker LET ME BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE SPONSORS OF THE FORUM, INCLUDING THE LEAD SPONSOR, BANK OF AMERICA,...
00:05:37 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU ALL. IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE. IT IS STILL HARD TO BELIEVE THAT JOHN UPDIKE, THE GREAT...
00:06:07 Unidentified Speaker IT IS HARDER TO PLAY THAT GAME ANYMORE, AND WE MISS HIM. IT IS REALLY IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO BELIEVE THAT...
00:10:36 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I HEARD A LITTLE CHIRP COME FROM MY COMPUTER. IT WAS LIKE THE BEAT OF A HOSPITAL HEART...
00:21:01 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, NICK MAKER. STEVE BERGMAN IS AN MD PSYCHIATRIST, HE IS A WRITER, HE IS A RECOVERING BASKETBALL...
00:22:00 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THIS IS A SHORT STORY OF A LONG FRIENDSHIP. JOHN WAS THE SECOND WRITER I EVER MET. IT WAS...
00:24:13 Unidentified Speaker WE WOULD ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HIS MEDICAL QUESTIONS. WE ALWAYS HAD OUR LITERATURE AND CAREER CHAT, WHAT...
00:31:16 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, STEVE. CHARLES MCGRATH, KNOWN AS CHIP, IS MARY MCGRATH'S BIG BROTHER, SHE BEING AN EXEMPLARY...
00:32:40 Unidentified Speaker I SOMETIMES THINK THAT JOHN UPDIKE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE HAPPINESS AND SATISFACTION IN MY...
00:39:01 Unidentified Speaker BIRD CAUGHT IN MY DEAR NETTING." THE HEAD MUST HAVE SEEMED AS EVER, SMALL EDIBLE MATTER, ONLY A BIRD'S...
00:40:21 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, CHIP. AND BEARNAISE HAD A HEAD START. SHE IS THE GREAT NIECE -- ANN BERNAYS. SHE IS THE...
00:41:15 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT GOING TO READ A TALK. I AM JUST GOING TO MAKE A FEW SMALL, PERSONAL STATEMENTS AND DO SOME...
00:47:05 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, ANNE. WILLIAM PRITCHARD IT IS A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH. HE HAS BEEN TEACHING NOVELS, PLAYS,...
00:47:52 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER. 36 YEARS AGO, I'D RATHER JOHN UPDIKE WITH A COUPLE OF PIECES I HAD WRITTEN...
00:49:23 Unidentified Speaker "I AM A FREELANCE WRITER," WAS THE REPLY. LATER THAT EVENING WE HAD A SMALL PARTY AT OUR HOUSE, AND...
00:55:13 Unidentified Speaker THE LAST WORD COMES FROM THE FAMILY, AS IT SHOULD. ELIZABETH UPDIKE IS THE ELDEST OF THE FOUR UPDIKE...
00:55:43 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO THANK AMIE MACDONELL, MR. PUTTNAM, AND ALL ARE WONDERFUL SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENT. I SEE...
01:01:02 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, ELIZABETH. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. EACH ONE OF THESE MARVELOUS LINES CONJURES UP OTHERS THAT...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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  • Baker, Nicholson
  • Bergman, Stephen M.D.
  • Bernays, Anne
  • Cobblah, Elizabeth Updike
  • Lydon, Christopher
  • McGrath, Charles
  • Pritchard, William H.
  • Putnam, Thomas J.

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