Saturday, March 18, 2017

The Greatest Writer Who Never Won a Nobel


    Born this day in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania *near the city of Reading), John Updike chronicled American society in a slew of novels with deep understanding, excellent writing, and grace. He transformed Reading into Brewer, and also wrote about his later home region of New England. His poetry reflected many of the same themes, and was also of high quality. Updike also was a talented artist.


https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture/john-updike-biography

And my favorite poem of his:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43489
   

     

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