Introduction to The Best American Short Stories of 1984 (1984)
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The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion.
— John Updike
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About John Updike
John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, critic and short-story writer.
About John Updike
John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, critic and short-story writer.
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