From the Washington Post:

NEW YORK — John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the postwar prime of the American empire, died Tuesday at age 76. Updike, a resident of Beverly Farms, Mass., died of lung cancer, according to a statement from his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf.

What a goddamn week.

Alison Hallett served nobly as the Mercury's arts editor from 2008-2014. Her proud legacy lives on.

5 replies on “John Updike Dead at Age 76”

  1. Does that mean he’s going to stop writing now?

    Because, if the last thirty years has taught us anything, just because an author (or guru, or television star) dies, that doesn’t mean his output ceases.

    More than often, it goes up.

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