Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Updike at Rest

From The Guardian:
The American author John Updike has died of lung cancer aged 76, his publisher said today.

A novelist, short-story writer, poet and critic, Updike was considered one of the most important figures in postwar American literature.

Who's going to break the news to Nicholson Baker?

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

John Updike's passing is sad news indeed... he possessed a truly beautiful mind; he didn't just write well, he wrote wisely

1:06 AM
Corey said...

Is it just me, or are all the greats leaving us lately? Updike, Mortimer, Westlake, Vonnegut, McBain, and others...Should Philip Roth start looking over his shoulder?

2:48 PM

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