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When John Updike died of lung cancer on Tuesday, at age 76, he left behind a trunk of novels, stories, articles, reviews, poems. Where to begin celebrating the legacy of a giant, and giant producer, of American literature? Well, Updike was a man of cer>

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Remembering John Updike

Colleagues, friends, and family celebrate the life of John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize winning author who died on January 27. Source: NYPL

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Updike's Stellar Final Works

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