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SHILLINGTON, Pa. — Multi-Pulitzer Prize-winning writer John Updike had his humble beginnings in Berks County. Now, his childhood home in Shillington, now owned by The John Updike Society, is ...

But Updike demonstrated that you could write about sports without a suspicious or cloying bent, or the access of a beat writer. He wrote, as he later put it, with the heart of a fan.

Opinions vary about the earthily ethereal John Updike, creator of Rabbit and author of Roger's Version (1986) and so much more yet, sentence for sentence, at his best, few writers, living or dead ...

The bulk of “Higher Gossip,” the latest and last of John Updike's nonfiction collections, consists of Updike doing that remarkable trick of his in which he functions as a lay professor and ...

The Witches of Eastwick is probably my all-time favorite novel—but it’s an extremely problematic fave. It’s a John Updike novel, after all, and Updike was…not great when it came to ...

Anyway, Updike’s tale inspired Nogowski, a former sportswriter for several papers including the Tallahassee Democrat, to consider the final games of 25 major league baseball stars over the years. “I ...

At noon I had lunch and went to the supermarket. There I bought food for dinner and, from a sale table, bought detergent, tissues, and toilet paper.

Friday's event featured readings of Updike's writings by local leaders in history and education. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 75°F. Friday, May 31st 2024 E-Edition.

SHILLINGTON, Pa.- A special event took place Friday at John Updike's Childhood home celebrating what would have been the author's 90 th birthday. "We decided that this 1st birthday after our grand ...