“Now that I am their age\u2014indeed, older than a number of them got to be\u2014I can appreciate the advantages, for a writer, of youth and obscurity.” (Read the whole “Life Lessons” essay<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In “Books for Grownups December 2008,”<\/a> AARP The Magazine<\/em> recommended The Widows of Eastwick<\/strong><\/em>: “Quintessential boomer author Updike checks in on the witches of Eastwick and finds them older, but no less crafty and bawdy.” <\/p>\n\n\n In “Books for Grownups August 2009,”<\/a> The Magazine<\/em> included My Father’s Tears<\/strong><\/em> as another example of “What Our Generation Wants to Read!”: “Updike’s final book, a collection of short stories, is heavy with mid- and late-life troubles, from the mundane to the crushing. He’s in fine form here, and reading these might have you reaching for your old copy of Rabbit, Run<\/em>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2013, The Magazine<\/em> published Erica Jong’s list of “10 Essential Boomer Books,”<\/a> and Updike’s Couples<\/strong><\/em> made the cut . . . along with J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye<\/em>, Joseph Heller’s Catch-22<\/em>, James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time<\/em>, Mary McCarthy’s The Group<\/em>, Stewart Brand’s The Last Whole Earth Catalog<\/em>, Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint<\/em>, Robin Morgan’s Sisterhood Is Powerful<\/em>, Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch<\/em>, Frances Moore Lapp\u00e9’s Diet for a Small Planet<\/em>, and Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not surprisingly, since much of John Updike’s writing dealt with aging and mortality, his works have resonated with members of AARP. In July 2006, Updike contributed an essay on “The Writer in Winter” to AARP The Magazine, in which he … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-11-at-9.19.04-AM.png\")
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