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My Conversation with John Updike

The late Pulitzer Prize-winning author talks about Harvard, the wars, his writings, religion, Nixon and politics.

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On a cool summer afternoon in Boston, John Updike and I met at the Ritz; it had been my idea to meet there. I had flown up from New York to interview him, and he had driven to Boston from his home in Beverly Farms.

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