“Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.”
― John Updike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Updike

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Reading some essays by #JohnUpdike on #art came across this great painting by John Sloan (one of the Ashcan school of American #artists) of his wife putting out the washing on a Sunday... somehow captures the tenement living of early C20th #NewYork concisely....

#arthistiory

People and books that helped form who I am today:

#GrahamGreene
#JohnUpdike
#WalkerPercy
#kurtvonnegutjr
#JohnIrving
#RalphEllison
#HermannHesse
#LorenEiseley
#JamesBaldwin
#JohnSteinbeck
#RayBradbury
#FrankHerbert
#RobertA.Heinlein
#MalcomX
#KimStanleyRobinson
#JulianJaynes
#SomeTimesAGreatNotion
#WendellBerry
#WhatArePeopleFor
#EdwardAbbey
#DesertSolitaire
#TomRussell
#CarlHiaasen
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#BotanyOfDesire
#PattiSmith
#MichaelStipe
#DavidSedaris
#CormacMcCarthy

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. -John Updike, writer (18 Mar 1932-2009)

Me neither! American novelist John Updike, known most for the "Rabbit" series, was born this day in 1932. #birthdays #quote #JohnUpdike #haircuts

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"Pity the poor bore. He stands among us as a creature formidable and familiar yet in essence unknowable. We can read of the ten infallible signs whereby he may be recognized and of the seven tested methods whereby he may be rebuffed.

Valuable monographs exist upon his dress and diet; the study of his mating habits and migrational routes is well past the speculative stage; and statistical studies abound. One out of three hundred and twelve Americans is a bore, for instance, and a healthy adult male bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people’s patience.” John Updike Confessions of a Wild Bore (1965)

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback. -John Updike, writer (18 Mar 1932-2009)

Literarischer #18März

„Ich möchte Bücher schreiben, die den Stau in jedermanns Kopf aufschließen.“

#JohnUpdike Geburt 1932

“My child, take heart: the #fruit that undid Man / Brought out as well the best in #PaulCezanne.”

-#JohnUpdike

#WSJ, “Review”

27. Januar 2007: #HeuteVor 𝟏𝟒 Jahren erlag in Danvers 🇺🇸 der US-amerikanische Schriftsteller #JohnUpdike im Alter von 76 Jahren dem Lungenkrebs. Berühmt wurde Updike mit #Hasenherz, dem ersten Band seiner Rabbit-Serie. Die Lebensgeschichte des Protagonisten Harry „Rabbit“ Angstrom hat mich in den Siebzigerjahren zur Leseratte gemacht. Ich war hin und weg. Es gibt auch eine Buchbesprechung zum letzten Band, in der auch die Vorgeschichte aufgerollt wird:
https://e-script.de/2003/rabbit-eine-rueckkehr/ :plume:

Literarischer #27Januar

„Wir überleben schließlich jeden Moment, mit Ausnahme des letzten.“

#JohnUpdike Tod 2009

So, having finished a book 3 days ago, now I finished another one 😅 ... "Easy #Prey" (2000), by #JohnSandford.
Probably the most fun I've had so far with the series and liked that it was a #thriller where we don't know #whodunnit, as opposed to the others I've read in the series. The humor was also on point for this one, and #LucasDavenport got some character development.

Now the question is: do I follow that with #LorrieMoore or #JohnUpdike?

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27. Januar 2007: #HeuteVor 𝟏𝟒 Jahren erlag in Danvers 🇺🇸 der US-amerikanische Schriftsteller #JohnUpdike im Alter von 76 Jahren dem Lungenkrebs. Berühmt wurde Updike mit #Hasenherz, dem ersten Band seiner Rabbit-Serie. Die Lebensgeschichte des Protagonisten Harry „Rabbit“ Angstrom hat mich in den Siebzigerjahren zur Leseratte gemacht. Ich war hin und weg. Es gibt auch eine Buchbesprechung zum letzten Band, in der auch die Vorgeschichte aufgerollt wird:
https://e-script.de/2003/rabbit-eine-rueckkehr/ :plume:

> Nearing death, John Updike reflects on
>> A life poured into words—apparent waste
>> intended to preserve the thing consumed.
I can't really read #JamesGleick but skimming #TheInformation has me thinking about these last words from #JohnUpdike : A recent writer, David Eggers of David Foster Wallace, wrote that John Updike never had an unpublished thought, readers have to wade through 80% of his work to find the 20% that is good. We should be more considerate of each other's attention spans.

Any activity becomes #creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better
#JohnUpdike

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New today at my #eBay store, a #1stEdition of #JohnUpdike's 1997 #postapocalyptic tale #TowardTheEndOfTime, just $30 or best offer. https://ebay.us/wv7YVj

New today at my #eBay store, a #1stEdition of #JohnUpdike's 2000 #Hamlet prequel #GertrudeAndClaudius, just $30 or best offer. https://ebay.us/Icjz60

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