John Updike (BSS #50)

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Author: John Updike

Condition of Mr. Segundo: Defending himself against obnoxious talk show hosts and ready to move on.

Subjects Discussed: Epigraphs, faith and disbelief, starting Terrorist with a Catholic priest, first person vs. third person, on writing upon Americana, post-9/11 symbolism, humanism vs. pessimism, blow jobs, Christopher Hitchens, the state of the September 11 novel, Norman Mailer, Neil LaBute’s The Mercy Seat, applying “On Not Being a Dove” to Iraq, airport X-ray machines, external sexual imagery vs. internal emotion in prose, why Updike concentrates on explicit anatomical detail, Goths, language, challenging Updike on the BEA speech and the Internet.

11 Comments

  1. Michael Rice

    Great Interview. Congratulations on your YAHOO pick of the week award!!!!! That is definitely cool as hell. And congratulations on reaching podcast #50. You have great production values. I hereby deem the Bat Segundo COOL AS HELL!!!

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