John Updike
John Updike was an American author best known for his novels chronicling middle-class American life. One of only three authors to have twice won the Pulitzer Prize, he died in 2009.
— From September 2015
The Dog-Eared Page
The Disposable Rocket
The number of men who do lasting damage to their young bodies is striking; war and car accidents aside, secondary-school sports, with the approval of parents and the encouragement of brutish coaches, take a fearful toll of skulls and knees.
September 2015
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