“Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.”

—  John Updike

Accepting Edward MacDowell Medal, New York Times (26 August 1981)

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American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, an… 1932–2009

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