John Updikes Archive, Kula Art
LITERARY CONSPIRACY THEORY: THE UPDIKE BOOK ON THE ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY BEING HELD UP FOR 20 YEARS? The 1,635 books in the Updike archive are already available to scholars. Manuscripts will be ready as early as August, and correspondence will be open to researchers by the end of the year. The novel on which […]
This is a restatement of purpose. This site will no longer lay fallow after a suspension of postings due to copyright concerns. The most historical material, the pristine photography from a visual master and his private thoughts in writing, committed to computer discs, must remain for now in a secure location. The artifacts contained herein […]
Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being. John Updike Telephone Poles John Updike They have been with us a long time. They will outlast the elms. Our eyes, like the eyes of a savage sieving the trees In his search for game, Run through them. They blend […]
Sixty Degrees of Separation: I met Johnny Lydon/Rotten 33 years ago at Strawberries Records in Boston. Several months ago I stumbled upon a performance by Lydon in downtown Austin/Roger Ebert worked with Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious on a film called “Who Killed Bambi”/Roger Ebert wrote about the Vicious Circle at the Algonquin Hotel/John Updike […]
Was John Lennon a Secret Reaganite? I think the message is that Lennon was surprisingly non-partisan, always questioning, and adjusting. Some say he was impossible. I was always deeply touched by him. Paul Moran This post is not intended to say anything negative about John Updike, John Lennon or Doris Day..Just wonder whether […]
A Toast to the Visible World: Remembering John Updike By David Updike “Christianity isn’t looking for a rainbow. If it were … we’d pass out opium at services. We’re trying to serve God, not be God” . – John Updike And in fact there is a color, a quiet but tireless goodness that things at rest, like a brick […]