Showing posts with label john updike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john updike. Show all posts

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Quote of the Week and Week to Come

"When you sit at your desk, if you're lucky, there's a moment when you feel empowered to be someone or something else, to leap into another skin."

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John Updike (March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009)
Rabbit Series
The Witches of Eastwick
The Centaur
In the Beauty of the Lilies

Pulitzer Prize (2), National Book Award (2), National Medal of Arts, PEN/Faulkner Award

This week on Writing from the Peak:

* The Scientific Classifications of a Critiquer (Part I)   Aaron Michael Ritchey

* Faculty Interview: Alex Kourvo                                      Jason Henry

* Faculty Interview: Barbara Samuel O'Neal                  Jason Henry 


Sunday, March 3, 2013

Quote of the Week & Week to Come

"I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head." -John Updike


This week on Writing From the Peak...

...March's Letter From the Editor

...Writers Have the Cleanest Lightbulbs, by Deb McLeod

...I'm on a Boat!, by Shannon Baker

...two profiles of 2013 PPWC faculty

...and Sweet Success!