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John Updike

A Life in Letters

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John Updike in 1962 sitting on an old swing.

John Updike: A Life in Letters Review – The Man Incapable of Writing a Bad Sentence

Friends, enemies and lovers animate more than 60 years of the author’s remarkable correspondence.

by John Banville via The Guardian on November 17, 2025

Rows of typewriters in front of computers

How Literature Became Word Perfect

Before the word processor, perfect copy was the domain of the typist—not the literary genius.

by Josephine Livingstone via The New Republic on May 2, 2016

Illustration of a mid-life crisis by Ruth Basagoitia. A man looking into the mirror imagining a cooler version of himself.

Climacteric!

Taking seriously the midlife crisis.

by Trevor Quirk via The Hedgehog Review on March 1, 2022

We’ve Forgotten the Worst President in American History

Could Donald Trump really rival James Buchanan?

by Ted Widmer via Made By History on May 26, 2020

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Little Ideological Annie

How a cartoon gamine midwifed the graphic novel—and the modern conservative movement.

by Ben Schwartz via Bookforum on November 30, 2008

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