Tuesday, January 27, 2009
John Updike Dies
Today, the great American poet -- among other things -- John Updike died of lung cancer at age 76.
I'm sure he was a great poet, as evidenced by his name being a household commodity among the literary literate. But it's unfortunate that the only memory I have of studying Updike in the schools was when in Dave Lilley's IB English class at Warwick High School we couldn't help but snicker at the name "Updike" when we were analyzing one of his poems. I wonder if Mr. Lilley had thought his students might act inappropriately at the name before he selected Updike's work.
We were teenage boys. It's exusable.
Updike.
I'm sure he was a great poet, as evidenced by his name being a household commodity among the literary literate. But it's unfortunate that the only memory I have of studying Updike in the schools was when in Dave Lilley's IB English class at Warwick High School we couldn't help but snicker at the name "Updike" when we were analyzing one of his poems. I wonder if Mr. Lilley had thought his students might act inappropriately at the name before he selected Updike's work.
We were teenage boys. It's exusable.
Updike.
# posted by Steven Latimer : 11:21 PM
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