1. John Updike would've been 82 today if he lived. I'm working on a review-essay but a few twitter reflections.
@HeerJeet How many people have read enough of JU's body of work to get a sense of its scope? I confess I've only read maybe 2/3rds of it.
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5. Most of the severe judgments on JU come from selectively looking at only a portion of his writing.
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6. Vidal's view of JU as complacent celebrator of Americana looks very skewed if we considered JU's stranger books (The Coup, Brazil)
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@HeerJeet U and I is very honest about thisThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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