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NEW YORK (AP) — In John Irving's next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud's, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed “The Cider House Rules.” Simon & Schuster announced ...

Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; Photos: Nick Lachance / Toronto Star via Getty Images, Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press via AP BORMIO, Italy — Every now and again, Birk and Svea ...

John Irving marches to his own drummer. Hence his methodology when creating a work of fiction. “I never start a novel until I have a predetermined and predestined ending,” he says. “I’m something a ...

This spring, I was lucky enough to spend a few days with John Irving. He’s a man who needs no introduction. His weighty novels—The World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Cider House ...

(RNS) — I have written a great deal about antisemitism lately — for good reason. But opposite that, philosemitism refers to when gentiles love, admire and feel a sense of solidarity with the Jewish ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed “The Cider House Rules.” Simon & Schuster announced ...