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John Updike Discusses His Writing and Influences.

A rebroadcast of our first interview with John Updike from March, 17, 1988, following the publication of his novel "S" - a modern story drawn from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter." Updike talks with Terry about literature, life, and why he hates being interviewed.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 4, 1994: Interview with John Updike; Interview with John Updike; Interview with John Updike.

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John Updike Discusses His Writing and Influences.

Writer John Updike. He is one of the most-read, most-published, most-analyzed American writers. His works include The Witches of Eastwick, The Coup, Rabbit Run and Rabbit Redux. Updike's new novel, S, is a modern story drawn from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.

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John Updike Looks at Art.

Writer John Updike. Updike is known as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of some thirty novels and short stories, including the "Rabbit" novels. His latest effort is not a work of fiction, but a book on art. It's a collection of 23 essays called "Just Looking" that offers Updike's personal reactions to some of the world's masterpieces. He also comments on some of the recent "megashows" such as Renoir at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and Andrew Wyeth's "Helga" paintings.

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