January 27, 2009

John Updike dies at 76

Novelist, essayist, and short-story writer, John Updike has died of lung cancer.

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  1. Amanda Mae Meyncke on January 27th, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    Reading ‘Self-Consciousness’, instead of watching the kids, really changed my life as an 17-year-old babysitter.

    Not to imply any harm fell to the kids, I just made some different life choices.

  2. Brandon Hobson on January 27th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    Sad news!

  3. Doc on January 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pm

    damn.

  4. David Grossblatt on January 27th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    “Rabbit” angst. Has anyone on this blog read any of Udike’s “Rabbit “books and what did you think of them ?

  5. Deron Bauman on January 27th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    I’ve only read some of the early stories.

  6. Doc on January 27th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    i pretty much grew up with the Rabbit books…

    makes a difference in how they’re viewed, i believe, as opposed to reading them out of generation.

    could just be me, however…

  7. coffee on January 30th, 2009 at 1:22 am

    John Updike’s passing is sad, but he left a ton of awesome work. “Immortality is nontransferrable” he said appropriately.

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