James Schiff

James Schiff is professor of English at the University of Cincinnati. Among the five books he has written or edited on contemporary American fiction are Updike's Version: Rewriting the Scarlet Letter (University of Missouri Press, 1992), John Updike Revisited (Twayne, 1998), and Updike in Cincinnati: A Literary Performance (Swallow Press, 2007)

John Updike: singing America

I was in class with ten students on the afternoon of 27 January 2009, teaching a graduate seminar titled "Updike and Atwood", when my phone buzzed. I ignored

By James Schiff

/ 30 Jan 2009