It was David Foster Wallace who famously wondered if John Updike ever had an unpublished thought, and The American Reader has some fun with that notion and Updike’s reputation for producing a book a year.

In an unsigned “In Conversation” article titled “Excerpt: ‘The Collected Blurbs of John Updike,'” the Staff comes up with a gentle parody, cover and all, along with some legitimate blurbs.

No one from The American Reader responded when asked about the nature and genesis of the playful article, so we can only guess that as with all things parodic it’s part tribute and part criticism.

Here’s the link.