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Title: John Updike dies
Post by: Faker on 27 Jan 2009, 10:56
Sad news the double Pulitzer winning John Updike has died today
Title: Re: John Updike dies
Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 27 Jan 2009, 11:30
This is truly sad and a major loss for the world of literature. Updike was, until today, the living American writer with arguably the greatest oeuvre. He was certainly a master of his craft in any case.
Title: Re: John Updike dies
Post by: Joseph on 27 Jan 2009, 11:36
Fuck.  Fuck.

Fuck.

Fuck.  Fuck.  Fuck.

I go to the New York Times site to look at some reviews of older books, and this news awaits me.  I actually feel kind of devastated.  I just wasted a bunch of time in the library reading some of his older New Yorker articles.  Fuck.

I think I'll reread Rabbit, Run this week, I guess.

Fuck.
Title: Re: John Updike dies
Post by: Joseph on 28 Jan 2009, 14:26
The New Yorker is running a series of brief remembrances by a number of authors here (http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/remembering-upd/).  Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Ford, Jonathan Lethem, Julian Barnes, and others.  Worth reading.

Still feeling pretty bummed about this.  Fuck.