Tuesday, January 27, 2009
John Updike
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According to a CNN bulletin, John Updike died today. He was incredibly prolific and a wonderful writer, deemed good by literary types as well as "lay" readers (for want of a better word). And I didn't know this but he "appeared as an animated version of himself on a 'Simpsons' episode as the ghostwriter of a Krusty the Klown book" which demonstrates the sense of humor he had about himself and the seriousness with which he was taken. I heard an interview with him which was striking in the same regard. Maybe I'll reread the somewhat depressing but also wonderful Rabbit series or Gertrude and Claudius which I always meant to read. . . .
Updates - Obituaries: New York Times and L.A. Times plus long interesting article/analysis.
Updates - Obituaries: New York Times and L.A. Times plus long interesting article/analysis.
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