The dancing mind : speech upon acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters on the sixth of November, Nineteen hundred and ninety-six /... by Morrison, Toni

More matter : essays and criticism / John Updike. by Updike, John

Table of Contents: “…. -- An hour of the day -- Home in New England -- Introduction to Concerts at Castle Hill -- Accepting the Bobst Award -- Foreword to John Updike: a bibliography -- Accepting the National Book Critics Circle Award -- Accepting the Howells Medal -- Introduction to the Easton Press edition of the Rabbit novels -- Henry Bech interviews Updike -- "Special message " for the Franklin Library edition of Memories of the Ford administration -- "Special message" for the Franklin Library edition of Brazil -- "Special message" for the Franklin Library edition of In the beauty of the lilies -- "Special message" for the Franklin Library edition of Toward the end of time -- Two belated "Talk of the town" stories ("TV in NYC," "Amazon.com") -- Foreword to the French translation of Facing nature -- Humor these days -- An answer to a usual question -- Books that changed my life -- Five remembered moments of reading bliss -- Remembering reading Don Quixote -- The ten greatest works of literature, 1001-2000 -- Accepting the Campion Medal -- Remarks on religion and contemporary literature -- Accepting the National Book Foundation Medal.…”