tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post9044877201734516635..comments2023-12-15T17:44:30.163-07:00Comments on Hayden's Ferry Review: A John Updike RemembranceHFRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665203051008950989noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-32752305493515544172009-01-29T03:30:00.000-07:002009-01-29T03:30:00.000-07:00He will most certainly be missed. Mr. Updike was s...He will most certainly be missed. Mr. Updike was so sparkling a sentence-maker for such an incredible length of time that I think by the end the critics had begun to take him for granted. Expect the plaudits to come thick and fast now, though...<BR/>There has been no better exponent of the short story over the past fifty years, and he casts a long shadow over fiction writers everywhere. It is Writing For My Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18439116372023673574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265859646680791397.post-36890553376996689862009-01-28T11:47:00.000-07:002009-01-28T11:47:00.000-07:00This is sad news indeed. When someone whose work y...This is sad news indeed. When someone whose work you respect dies, the world seems just a little darker doesn't it? As if a little hole as formed, perhaps.<BR/><BR/>RIP Mr. Updike.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00210888348123373240noreply@blogger.com