Comments on: R.I.P. John Updike

By: coffee

coffee — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:11:36 +0000

John Updike’s conventional wisdom seems to have affected a lot of people — I see little quotes of his all over

By: Andy K

Andy K — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:50:37 +0000

Wow, thanks for taking me back with the A&P story, that I read in community college. Now I’m adding some of his stuff that never got to read..His is a real loss to the world. RIP John Updike

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:58:21 +0000

Observance,experience, intuition, desire, the primary foods for journalism. What drove Updike, what drives Spikol, Joe Walsh, Waites, Danny Gatton? Can’t say but it is a hardship we endure. Much love, Michael

By: phillygrrl

phillygrrl — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:56:55 +0000

I read A&P immediately after I heard he died. I always liked that short story. I need to catch up on his novels, though.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:20:03 +0000

Aw, I remember reading that story for a high school creative writing class.

By: susan

susan — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:50:00 +0000

Hey Liz, I put him up too, but couldn’t find A & P cept in my old collection of Norton Short Story. Hyperlinking your piece to mine. That too was my favorite Updike.

By: dennis

dennis — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:43:22 +0000

Such sad news, Liz.

Updike was such an amazing writer and especially essayist. He was also a local boy who heralded from Shillington (near Reading), PA.

A few years back, I re-read the “Rabbit” tetralogy for the first time since I was an undergrad and was still mesmerized by his language.

Dennis