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Included here is an audio excerpt from John Irving’s novel The Last Chairlift.
Read MoreThe Long, Cruel History of the Anti-Abortion Crusade Amid the anti-abortion measures being pushed through state legislatures, consider the mazy history of abortion in the United States. Women, capable of determining and managing their reproductive rights, have been undermined by men in power before. Prior to the 1840s, abortion was widespread and not illegal in…
Read MoreIn 2015, John Irving moved to Toronto permanently, after living part-time in Canada for over 30 years. In 2019, he became eligible to take the oath of citizenship. He is now a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada. Irving spoke with the Toronto Star, the CBC, and The Washington Post about his late-in-life decision to…
Read MoreThis May, John Irving was awarded the Medal of Honor for Literature by the National Arts Club. The Medal of Honor is a prestigious award presented to the most influential artists in their fields. In a press release issued by the NAC, Mr. Irving gave a nod to past recipients of the Gold Medal in…
Read More“The World According to Garp is, to me, the best-written example of whatever elusive literary quality makes a human being capable of sobbing and laughing simultaneously. Those are each extraordinarily difficult emotions to elicit; to do so in tandem is remarkable, but requires the kind of evocation that critics might call outright provocation instead. They…
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