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Hub Kid Bids Updike Adieu

by Bryan

John Updike wrote many things, but I am mostly familiar with his essay on Ted Williams’ last game, with its egregiously compact, famous first line.

Published: January 27, 2009

Filed Under: Red Sox, Writing

3 Comments to “Hub Kid Bids Updike Adieu”

Coachie says:

January 27, 2009 at 9:52 pm

http://www.badgerinternet.com/~bobkat/observer1.html

boom.

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bnjoiner says:

January 27, 2009 at 9:29 pm

My Updike experience is limited almost entirely to this essay (which is awesome) and his cameo on the Simpsons (also awesome). I haven’t seen the DFW essay.

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Coachie says:

January 27, 2009 at 9:25 pm

Thoughts on your boy DF-dubbs tearing Updike apart in an essay back in the day?

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