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Updike's Serious Side - New York Times
Updike's Serious SideClive James is right to admire John Updike's “Endpoint” (May 3) but wrong to say that most of the poems he published in book form were light verse. Of the 387 pages in Updike's “Collected Poems” (1993), only 100 are devoted to light verse;

Reynolds Price relives the past in high spirits - Los Angeles Times
Reynolds Price relives the past in high spiritsOn the bathroom wall there is a poem by John Updike, who came to visit once and cheerfully reported, in lieu of a simple thank you, that he had vomited up his host's prime rib the minute he returned to his hotel. (This is indicative of poor Northern

Endpoint by John Updike
There is something heartbreaking about Endpoint and Other Poems (Knopf), the last John Updike book that will ever be published under the guidance of the author's own hand. It seems to me he likely understood that the book would be heartbreaking and

ABC picks up new drama, 'Eastwick' - Los Angeles Times
ABC picks up new drama, 'Eastwick' - Los Angeles Times Dread CentralABC picks up new drama, 'Eastwick'ABC has picked up "Eastwick," a drama based on the John Updike novel and 1987 film centering on three single women who live in the New England town of Eastwick. After a crisis bonds them together as friends, weird things -- that is, ABC Picks Up Eastwick TELEVISION: ABC Picks Up Eastwick; Fox Gives Bones Two-Year Extension! ABC takes in 'The Forgotten'

TV Networks 'Upfront' About Their 2009-10 'Genre' Plans - Newsarama
TV Networks 'Upfront' About Their 2009-10 'Genre' Plans - Newsarama The Associated PressTV Networks 'Upfront' About Their 2009-10 'Genre' PlansThe series is based on the popular movie The Witches of Eastwick and on the novel of the same title by John Updike. "Eastwick stars Rebecca Romijn as Roxie Torcoletti, Lindsay Price as Joanna Frankel, Jamie Ray Newman as Kat Gardener, Paul Gross as Upfronts lowdown: What's in store from the new season of American TV?