tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post10589082527846546..comments2023-11-30T02:30:42.825-08:00Comments on E a r t h G o a t: RIP John UpdikeGrendelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-57494289366046232572009-01-29T06:49:00.000-08:002009-01-29T06:49:00.000-08:00Thanks, Grendel. You're always cleaning up for me ...Thanks, Grendel. You're always cleaning up for me with the links.<BR/><BR/>He wrote that Ted Williams essay when he was 28, by the way. What did Frank say? Thrills and chills for this cowboy.kclouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673850466730914289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-41377163687408486932009-01-29T01:28:00.000-08:002009-01-29T01:28:00.000-08:00kclou's post last year Updike and the Rabbit novel...kclou's <A HREF="http://earthgoat.blogspot.com/2008/05/in-defense-of-rabbit.html" REL="nofollow">post</A> last year Updike and the Rabbit novels.<BR/><BR/>And <A HREF="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1960/10/22/1960_10_22_109_TNY_CARDS_000266305" REL="nofollow">here's</A> that Updike essay on Williams.Grendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-40382680005030070212009-01-28T17:16:00.000-08:002009-01-28T17:16:00.000-08:00I read the four Rabbit books last year and posted ...I read the four Rabbit books last year and posted something about it on this site. I'd recommend anyone start with the second, Rabbit Redux. If you like that one, keep reading. If you don't, he probably isn't for you.<BR/><BR/>Sentence by sentence, the guy could throw down. His New Yorker piece on Ted Williams's final game is masterful.kclouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673850466730914289noreply@blogger.com