We’re still considering bids for the exterior repairs and painting, and Habitat volunteers have only just begun tearing out non-period carpeting and such, but already The John Updike Childhood Home is on people’s radar.

On the Flavorwire website Jason Diamond posted a fun story with photos, “50 Places Every Literary Fan Should Visit,” which included the Updike house. It should inspire quite a few pilgrimages, both to Shillington and elsewhere. There’s lots of information here, too. I for one did not realize that Tennessee Williams lived in the campus windmill at SUNY-Stony Brook Southampton campus.

Pictured is The Algonquin Hotel, which Updike visited on a number of occasions, as evidenced by the previous post.