Philadelphia, March 12, 2019 — Critic and cultural historian Adam Gopnik discusses the work of novelist John Updike (1932–2009) in a program commemorating the release of the Library of America volume "John Updike: Novels 1959–1965," which includes "Rabbit, Run" (1960), the first of the famous four novels centered on the American Everyman Rabbit Angstrom. Gopnik delves into the many facets—comic, lyrical, erotic, and more—of Updike's enormous literary output.

Gopnik's talk is introduced by Benito Cachinero-Sánchez, a trustee of Library of America and the Rosenbach, and by Library of America President and Publisher Max Rudin. (1 hr., 7 min.)

Presented by Library of America and the Rosenbach.

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