Jonathan Lethem and Joseph O’Neill Remember Updike the Father Figure
"I always wrote with the subconscious — or conscious — knowledge that who knows, Updike might read this."
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"I always wrote with the subconscious — or conscious — knowledge that who knows, Updike might read this."
He was one of the greatest belletrists of all time — a master of the short, casual, elegant, whimsical, roving piece about absolutely anything.
Insights, gleaned from personal experience, on the upside of the Great Depression and the importance of Barack Obama's election.
According to a statement from his publisher, John Updike died of lung cancer this morning.
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