John Updike
John Updike was a prolific writer of poetry, art and literary criticism, and fiction. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1982 and 1991 for two novels in his “Rabbit” series, becoming one of just three authors to win the award more than once.
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Poetry: John Updike, 'Rainbow'
Hear the author read his poem 'Rainbow,' which was originally published in the November 2000 'Atlantic'
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The Individual
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Doo-Wop
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The Apparition
Milford did not want to draw too close to Lorena. At his age, he preferred to observe at a safe distance.
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Madurai
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Half Moon, Small Cloud
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Male Voices, From Below
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TV
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Varieties of Religious Experience
A short story
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Rainbow
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Licks of Love in the Heart of the Cold War
If a man can't walk around in his own country without fear, what business does he have selling freedom to the Russians?
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Pygmalion
"He could not know the world, was his fear, unless a woman translated it for him"