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IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FUN. THANKS. [APPLAUSE] BOYHOOD TERRAIN. IN A SENSE, IT IS DEEPLY FAMILIAR... |
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EVERY 10 YEARS READERS WERE AT LEAST TREATED TO A LOOK BACK ON THE DECADE. FILLED WITH HISTORICAL... |
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PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT WOULD RABBIT MAKE OF IcAQ AND BUSc AND ALL THAT. AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW. A LOT... |
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MY QUESTION ACTUALLY WAS NOT SO MUCH HOW RABBIT WOULD HAVE VIEWED AMERICA, BUT HOW YOU'RE FEELING... |
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I THINK IRAQ IS KIND OF LIKE A HEADACHE THAT WON'T GO AWAY AND ALL THOSE HEADLINES 10 MORE, 16 MORE... |
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IT'S CALLED "TERRORIST "OIFMENT IT'S ABOUT A TERRORIST, ONLY ONE. AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY A THRILLER... |
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I WONDER, YOU MENTIONED THE INTERNET BEFORE. WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF LOTS OF RAW INFORMATION COMING AT... |
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WELL, HOW MUCH RAW INFORMATION GETS TO ME, PROBABLY A LOT LESS GETS TO YOU. BUT I DO READ THE NEWSPAPER.... |
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FOR THE -- |
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MAYBE WE'LL GO AWAY. |
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FOR THE READER THEN, THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE PICKING UP YOUR NOVELS, HOW DID THEY HELP THEM IN THIS... |
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DEPENDS A LITTLE BIT ON WHICH NOVEL THEY PICK UP. CERTAINLY ALL OF THEM ARE -- BEGIN WITH SOME cSENSE... |
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I THINK I HAVE IT HERE. |
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I LOVE BUCHANAN. I DID A LOT OF WORK AND THE MOST RESEARCH I'VE EVER DONE FOR A BOOK. I TRIED TO GET... |
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LET ME TELL OUR AUDIENCE HOW THEY CAN JOIN IN HERE. MR. UPDIKE WILL BE WITH US FOR THREE HOURS. THIS... |
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YOU CAN ALSO SEND US AN E-MAIL -- |
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AND WE'LL INCLUDE YOUR QUESTIONS RIGHT AWAY. I GUESS WE OUGHT TO GET SOME MORE OF YOUR ROOTS ON THE... |
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I SAID THAT SO TO SUZANNE SANDBERG VERY IMPULSIVELY. AND I DON'T KNOW QUITE WHAT I MEANT. EXCEPT... |
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YOUR FATHER WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER. THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED IT IS EVERY YEAR HE WAS REQUIRED AT THE END... |
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THAT WAS DURING THE DEPRESSION. I THINK IT WAS A WAY OF KEEPING THE SALARIES FROM RISING SOMEHOW.... |
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BUT PEOPLE WANTING TO KNOW % HOW YOU GOT INTc WRITING, YOUR MOTHER -- I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH THAT YOU... |
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YES. SHE WAS VERYER IF COSHESE. SHE WAS AN ONLY CHILD AS INDEED HER AUDIT WAS AND RIPPED AROUND THE... |
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AND, IN FACT, IT WAS HER WORKING ON SHORT STORIES AND HER WORKING AT THE TYPEWRITER ARE ONE OF YOUR... |
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I REMEMBER BEING IN BED WITH A FEVER. AND IF YOU WERE SICK IN BED YOU GOT TO NKT FRONT ROOM IN THE... |
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LAST TOPIC BEFORE CALLS, AND WE HAVE FOLKS STACKED UP TO TALK YOU TO ALREADY. BUT THIS MAGAZINE, "THE... |
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MY AUNT MARY WAS MY FATHER'S ONLY SISTER. SHE WAS SOPHISTICATED. SHE WORKED FOR A WHILE AND LIVED... |
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QUITE REGULARLY EVER SINCE, TO BE MORE HONEST ABOUT IT. BUT WILL YOU -- IN CLOSING, LAST QUESTION,... |
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THE FIRST STORY AND FIRST POEM, I WROTE AFTER I GRADUATED FROM HARVARD IN 1954 WERE ACCEPTEDc SO I... |
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LET'S GET TO SOME TELEPHONE CALLS, BEGINNING WITH ONE FROM RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. YOU ARE... |
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THANK YOU. |
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THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. LET ME TRY TO TACKLE THE FIRST PART OF IT, IF I MIGHTc S IN IN THE 1950'S... |
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OUR NEXT CALL FOR YOU COMES FROM SAN DIEGO. YOU'RE ON YOUR JOHN UPDIKE. GOOD AFTERNOON. |
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HI, SUSAN. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? |
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FINE, THANK YOU. CALLER: ALWAYS ENJOY LISTENING TO YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. UPDIKE. I HAVE A COUPLE... |
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WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEW BOOK, IT'S MOSTLY PAINTERS AND SOMc SCULPTORc WHO ARE LONG DEAD. I THINK... |
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MAYWOOD, NEW JERSEY, GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. |
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GOOD AFTERNOON. I, TOO, WANT TO THANK MRc UPDIKE FOR HIc MEMOIR cSELF CONSCIOUSNESS," AND I WAS WONDERING,... |
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THANK YOU. |
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THANK YOU. THAT'S A LOT TO MULL OVER. LET ME GO BACK TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION WHICH WAS HOW DO OTHER... |
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IS THAT SOMETHING YOU RELISH? |
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SLIGHTLY. WRITERS -- PEOPLE IN THE ARTS GENERALLY DON'T ASPIRE TO THAT KIND OF POWER. THAT SORT OF... |
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THE EARLIER CALLER REFERRED TO TOM WOLFE BEING ON THE PROGRAM. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CLIP ON THAT PROGRAM... |
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REALLY. |
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LET'S LISTEN. |
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WHAT YOU CALL THE THREE STOOGES, WE'LL GET INTO THIS LITTLE LATER, SAID THIS ABOUT THE "A MAN IN FULL... |
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THAT LED YOU TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT MR. UPDIKE. |
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WHAT'S INTERESTING IS NOT JUST JOHN UPDIKE BUT ALSO NORMAN MAILER AND JOHN IRVING, THESE THREE OLD... |
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REACTION. |
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MANY -- HE TALKS VERY WELL, DOESN'T HE? HE'S A BRIGHT GUY ANYWAY, AND A DEDICATED WRITER, BUT cE DOEc... |
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VERY RARELY, MERCIFULLY. IN FACT, I CAN HARDLY REMEMBER, THERE IS A -- ONCE IN A WHILE I GET A GRATEFUL... |
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WE HEAR OUR QUESTIONS FROM THE OLD EAR PIECES. I WANT YOU TO TUCK IT IN THERE AS WE LISTEN TO YOUR... |
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HELLO, CALLER. |
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HELLO, MR. UPDIKE. |
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HOW DO YOU DO? |
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AMONG THE GREAT LIT RARELY DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE LATTER PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND NOW THE 21ST... |
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WELL, THANK YOU FOR CARING. FOR A LONG TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING OTHER PEOPLE GOT. REALLY IT... |
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NEXT QUESTION FOR JOHN UPDIKE IS FROM RICHMOND. GOOD AFTERNOON, CALLER. CALLER: GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK... |
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1932, ACTUALLY. |
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I ALSO TAKE c"THc NEW YORKER" MAGAZINE BECAUSE THEY MADE ME AN OFFER I COULDN'T REFUSE. SEVERAL YEARS... |
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YES, I WROTE "RABBIT, RUN ." |
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AND IN A WAY, THE POOR DEVIL JUST DIDN'T MAKE NET. CALLER: YES, I HAVE READ THE BOOK. |
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WE MISSED YOUR LASc COMPNT. CALLER: I CAN'T UND |
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APPRECIATE YOUR COMPLIMENTS. |
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CAN'T UNDERSTAND ME? |
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COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS. LET ME ASK YOU ONE THAT CAME IN BY EMAIL WHICH ALSO MAKES REFERENCE... |
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I TOOK PIANO LESSONS AS A LOT OF DEPRESSION ERA KIDS DID. IT WAS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT PARENTS HOPED... |
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WELL, OUR TRUTH CERTAINLY LIES IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TELEPHONE CALL AND OTHER KINDS OF CALL IN ELECTRONIC... |
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WE'RE SPENDING THREE HOURS TALKING WITH JOHN UPDIKE ABOUT HIS BODY OF WORK OVER HIS LIFETIME. HIS... |
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I WAS RAISED WITHOUT TERRIFIC ARREST DOCTOR AS A LUTHERAN, AND I HAVE RE-- TERRIFIC ARDOR AS A LUacHERAN... |
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IN cYOUR MEMOIR OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, YOU WRITE ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF GOD. EVEN AS DOING SO, YOU SUGGEST... |
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YES. I FORGET QUITE WHAT I SAY, BUT I WAS VERY SHY ABOUT WRITING c THAT CHAPTER. THE WHOLE BOOK,... |
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I ALSO REMEMBER READING THAT YOU SAW THAT MANY ORGANIZED RELIGIONS THAT YOU ARE EXPOSED TO ARE RELIGIONS... |
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I GUESS I DID. I GUESS I DID. THAT TERMINOLOGY I GOT FROM CARL BART WHO I FOUND TO BE THE MOST COMFORTING,... |
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IN OTHER WORDS, THE ENJOYMENT OF BEING ALIVEc |
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NEXT TELEPHONE CALL$c HELLO, PHOENIX, YOU'RE Oc THE DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR US? CALLER: I COULDN'T... |
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DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? CALLER: YOU ARE ON THE AIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M HONORED TO SPEAK TO MR.... |
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OK. THANK YOUc |
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I'M SORRY MY BOOK STRIKES YOU AS BORING, BUT THE HOUSE OF HAS MANY MANSIONS. IT'S NICE THAT THERE... |
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HAMPTON BAYS, NEW YORK. CALLER: IT'S A PLEASURE TO TALK TO MR. UPDIKE, AND I HAVE A QUESTION. AS... |
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WELL, I DON'T WANT TO THINK IT'S BECOMING FORTRESS AMERICA DESPISED OF ALL AND DESIEGED BY MANY. ... |
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AS YOU CAN ScE WITH OUR FORMAT, QUESTIONS MOVE FROM ONE TOPIC TO ANOTHER HERE. |
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VERY GOOD FOR THE ANSWER. |
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THE NEXT ONE IS CLOSE TO HOME, THOUGH. THE CALLING IS FROM SHILLINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA. |
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REALLY? |
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YOU'RE ON THE AIR, CALLER. CALLER: JOHN, I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ YOUR MEMOIRS, BUT I... |
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OH, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME IT WAS cWHEN I WAc GROWING UP. THE TgN ITSELF HASN'T CHANGED MUCH. A LOT... |
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WHAT SUBJECT MATTER DID YOU TAKE AS A STUDENT FROM MR. UPDIKE? |
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THAT WAS A SCIENCE CLASS. I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS A SCIENCE CLASSc |
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THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION. |
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I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO HEAc FROM MY TOWN. IT DOESN'T CHANGE AN AWFUL LOT. IT'S CHANGED ON THE EDGES A... |
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IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, AS A MATTER OF FACT. |
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BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT. I WAS FORTUNATE IN A WAY, REALLY IN ALMOST EVERY WAY THAT I HAD MY FATHER... |
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THE QUESTIONS ON YOUR LIFE, HERE IS ONE FROM A VIEWER NAMED JOHN MARTIN JOY M.D. WHO IS A PROFESSOR... |
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THAT'S A VERY HARVARDIAN QUESTION. IT REMINDS ME OF MY ORAL EXAMS WHEN I GRADUATED FROM HARVARD. ... |
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I JUST LOOKED THROUGH MY STACK OF EMAILS AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A GOLF QUESTION IN HERE. MR. UPDIKE... |
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WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE GAME IS THAT IT GETS YOU OUTDOORS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVEN THE ELDERLY CAN... |
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A DREAM FOURSOME. |
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A DREAM FOURSOME. I DON'T WANT TO PLAY IN A DREAM FOURSOME BECAUSE I'M NOT UP TO THEM, BUT I WOULD... |
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I THINK THE FOURTH IS YOU. |
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I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A FOURSOME, BUT I WOULD ANNOY THESE OTHERS QUITE A LOT. A GOLFER I WOULD LOVE... |
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WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE MINUTES LEFT. ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH OUR THREE-HOUR CONVERSATION WITH JOHN... |
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AI, MR. UPDcKE. FIRST OF ALL, I THOUGHT THIS DREAM FOURSOME MIGHT BE YOU, NORMAN MAILEK JOHN cIRVING,... |
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YOU DIDN'T DO BADLY WITH CATCHER AND THE RYE. YOU MIGHT TRY HUCKLEBERRY FINN, WHICH IS A 19TH CENTURY... |
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AND OF YOUR OWN BOOKS? |
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OF MY OWN BOOKS, ASIDE FROM THE RABBITS, WELL, I WAS -- TO AN IRANIAN, I MIGHT RECOMMEND THE CROUP,... |
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NASHVILLE, YOU'RE ON WITH JOHN UPDIKE. |
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YES, I HAD TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST WAS GOING TO BE A GOLF QUESTION BUT THAT HAS BEEN ANSWERED. I... |
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THANK YOU. |
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CAN YOU THINK OF A PROTAG KNIT, IF ANYc WHc REFLECTS YOUR VIEW IN FICTION OR SOMEBODY YOU WOULD IDENTIFY... |
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SO IN HIS WORKS, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT PORTRAYS HIS VIEWS? |
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YES. MY RELIGIOUS VIEWS SORT OF CHANGE FROM DAY TO DAY IN A WAY. I WOULD CERTAINLY AFTER RABBIT ANGSTROM... |
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WE WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES HERE, A BREAK FROM THE STUDIO, AND TELL YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT... |
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TODAY ON "AFTERWARDS" MARY MAPES ON HER ROLE IN THE "60 MINUTES" 2 INVESTIGATION ON GEORGE W. BUSH'S... |
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"WORDS" IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS A C-SPAN POD BROADCAST. LOOK FOR IT AT C-SPAN.ORG. |
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TONIGHT ON C-SPAN'S Q AND A, STEPHEN BREYER ON HIS COLLEAGUES. |
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I HAVE NEVER IN THAT CONFERENCE ROOM, IN 11 YEARS, HEARD A VOICE RACED IN ANGER. I HAVE NEVER HEARD... |
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JUST STEPHEN BREYER, ON C-SPAN'S WAY Q AND A.; |
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LISTEN ON X BLACK ROCK M RADIO CHANNEL 132 AND ON SIRIOUS, 139. c POD CASTING IS THE NEWEST WAY TO... |
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ON YOUR SCREEN IS THE AUTHOR JOHN UPDIKE WHO IS SPENDING THREE HOURS WITH US ON IN DEPTH TODAY. OUR... |
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THAT WAS ON THE ALLEY NEXT TO US. WE LIVED NEXT TO A GRAVEL ALLEY AND I WAS SOMEHOW SITTING THERE... |
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HAPPY IN THE GRAVEL. |
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HERE IS A LATER POINT IN YOUR CAREER, BUT DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE TIME FRAME FOR THIS? |
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WELL, I WAS STILL SMOKING LITTLE CIGARS, BUT THAT MEANT I HAD GIVEN UP CIGARETTES. I HAD A LONG KIND... |
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IT LOOKS VERY 60S TOE MOO. |
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I THINK THAT WAS MY OFFICE IN IPSICH. WE KNOW THIS PICTURE IS AFTER 1968. MY GUESS IS AROUND 1971.... |
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HERE IS ONE MORE. WE WILL END THIS AND GO BACK TO CALLS. THIS IS IN Uc IPSWICH. |
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WE LIVED IN A 17TH CENTURY HOUSE IN A LITTLE BACK YARD AND MADE A LOT OF USE OF IT. THAT'S MY YOUNGER... |
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YOU'RE SHOWING SOME FACILITY AT JUGGLING, TOO. |
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I TAUGHT MYSELF HOW TO JUGGLE THREE BALLS AND I COULD DO IT BUT IT WAS AN AWKWARD WAY TO DO IT, NOT... |
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HERE WE HAVE YOU JUGGLING QUESTIONS TODAY. WE WILL GO BACK TO THAT. NEXT IS A CALLER FROM AGAINSTBORO,... |
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THANK YOU. |
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I WROTE BRAZIL AFTER BEING IN BRAZIL FOR A MERE WEEK. BUST I HAD A LONG INTEREST IN BRAZIL WHEN I... |
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERIZATION OF BLACK CHARACTERS. IT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO MENTION... |
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THAT SEEMS TO BE A GOOD DESCRIPTION. SITUATION. MY OWN PERSONAL SITUATION IS EVEN -- NOT ONLc DID... |
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PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, YOU'RE UP NEXT. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. MY QUESTION IS WHICH... |
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I'M A BOOK REVIEWER, BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT ON YOUNGER AMERICAN WRITERS. MICHAEL SH HABAN WHO IS OLDER... |
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SPEAKING OF FILMS, THERE'S Ac EMAIL QUESTION, WHICH IS SOMEONE WANTING TO KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE... |
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I THOUGHT "COUPLES" WOULD HAVE MADE A GOOD PICTURE. IT WAS A BEST SELLER IN A MODEST SORT OF WAY.... |
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BOSTON, HELLO. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL AND HAVING THIS PROGRAMc c LOVE MR. UPDIKE'S SHORT... |
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THANK YOU. |
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I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SETTLE DOWN TO READ A BOOK AT 9:30, YOU DON'T GET TERRIBLY... |
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DO YOU WRITE SIX DAYS A WEEK STILL? |
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YEAH. AND SOMETIMES SOMETHING HAS ON THE 7TH, AS MY WIFE COMPLAINED, BUT, YEAH, I TRY TO WRITE CERTAINLY... |
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WHILE YEAR'S TALKING ABOUT IT, A I HAVE JIM KREMETZ BOOK. THERE ARE THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOU IN A... |
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I USED TO HAVE A NICE BIG ROOM IN GEORGETOWN IN MASSACHUSETTS. BUT THEN WE MOVED TO A BIGGER HOUSE... |
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BUT THE DISCIPLINE AND YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT IN VARIOUS INTERVIEWS IN YOUR BOOK. THE DISCIPLINE... |
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I THINK. SO HOW ELSE COULD YOU DO IT? CURT TALKS ABOUT THE JOY OF NOT WRITING. AND IF YOU SUCCUMB... |
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THE NEXT PHONE CALL IS FROM FORT WORTH, TEXAS. CALLER: HELLO, MR. UPDIKE. MY FATHER BACK IN PROBABLY... |
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I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY ABOUT WOOD HOUSE TO SOMEBODY WHO WAS SAYING HOW DELIGHTFUL IT IS AND SAID... |
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HE WAS A VERY LOSE IT WRITER AND HE CAN MAKE YOU LAUGH IN HIS CHAIR LIKE FEW OTHER WRITERS AND THERE... |
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ARE ALL 60 OF YOURS STILL IN |
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NO. SOME HAVE DRIFTED OUT. SOME THEY DON'T EVEN TELL ME. I BROUGHT -- BIEW CAN UNANIMOUS DYING, A... |
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HE DIED TWICE. YES. |
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ONE OF THE REASON FOR GETTING OUT OF THE EARLY STORIES, A COUPLE OF OTHER VOLUMES OR COLLECTIONS GONE... |
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DID YOU TINKER WITH THEM AGAIN? |
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A LITTLE BIT. I CHANGED -- THERE WERE SOME SLOT TROUBLEc THE BASIc PLOT WAS THE BOY WAS A CHECK OUT... |
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GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR JOHN UPDIKE? CALLER: YES, THANK YOU. FROM THE... |
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JAMES JOYCE SO SOMEBODY THAT YOU CAN'T GET AROUND. SHE REALLY THERE. AND THE STORIES, THE DUBLINER'S... |
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DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW LARGE YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY IS? |
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NO, I TEND TO HANG ON TO BOOKS. I KNOW THAT MY WIFE'S URGING, I CLEANED OUT THE CELLULAR AND THE BARN... |
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HAVE YOU ALREADY MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOUR PAPERS TO BE STORED OR ARCHIVED ANYWHERE? |
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MY PAPERS Ac THc MOMENT ARE PUT ON DEPOSIT AT MY ALMA MATTER, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. ORIGINALLY I GAVE... |
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WILL DO A QUESTION FROM A PROFESSOR NEXT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. ... |
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RABBIT RUN WAS WRITTEN KIND OF PREFEMINIST AND MY ATTEMPT WAS ONLY TO SHOW THE WORKINGS OF THIS PARTICULAR... |
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PARTICULARLY WHY? |
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BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF ROUGH IN A WAY, ROB IT'S THOUGHTS. HE WANTS TO KILL HIS WIFE AND HE DEGRADES... |
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LOSS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, YOU'RE IN OUR CONVERSATION. CALLER: MR. UPDIKE, I LOVE YOUR BOOKS. SINCE I... |
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HE WAS LABELED AS WESTERN WRITER AT THE TIME I WAS GETTING AWARE OF WRITERS AND I FELT, AS AN EASTERN... |
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THAT CALLER MENTIONED THIS BOOK AND THE BEAUTY -- "IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES." WHAT IS YOUR FASCINATION... |
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I WAS STRUCK BY THE BEAUTY OF THAT. THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC IS SORT OF THE BATTLE CRY SONG... |
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JOHN UPDIKE IS GIVING US THREE HOURS OF HIS TIME TODAY. WE HAVE ABOUT 40 MINUTES LEFT. IF HAVE YOU... |
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DID YOUR AUNT WORK FOR INGALLS? |
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SHE DIDN'T SPEAK OF HIM MUCH AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER IMPRESSION WAS, BUT HIS DIARIES MENTION MARY... |
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I GUESS CHRISTY WAS ON THE LIST OF OTHER WRITERRERS THAT |
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I LOVE IT. I READ IT MOSTLY WHEN I WAS IN MY TEENS. SO HOW SENSITIVE IS A TEENAGER TO STYLE? NOT... |
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OUR NEXT CALLER LIVES IN HAWAII. WHERE IN HAWAII DO YOU LIVE, CALLER? |
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GARDEN ISLAND IN KUAI. |
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NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. |
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THANK YOU. APPRECIATION, JOHN, FOR c COUPLE Oc IMAGES THAT YOU PLANTED IN MY HEAD. ONE I GET A LAUGH... |
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WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE ALMOST MAKING ME CRY, THINKING ABOUT THE MAPLES. BUT ABOUT THE... |
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THE FLIP SIDE WHILE WE'RE IN THIS GENRE OF THE RABBIT COUPLES AND THE MAPLES, YOU MADE SOME REFERENCES... |
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YEAH, IT DID COME UP "RABBIT, RUN," WAS CONSIDERED A RACY MANUSCRIPT, SO RACE THAT HE LEGAL ADVICE... |
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OUR NEXT CALLER HAS A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR BUCHANAc BOOKS. WORCESTER, OHIO. |
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MR. UPDIKE SAID EARLIER THAT HE HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON PRESIDENc JAMES BUCHANAN AND EVEN WROTE... |
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NOT VERY, I DON'T HAVE MUCH DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF IT NOR I GUESS A VERY KEEN CONSCIOUS INTEREST IN... |
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AND ARE THERE PAPERS THAT MIGHT BE OPENED THAT MIGHT REVEAL THE TRUE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP --... |
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WHAT WAS -- HE LEFT A BUNDLE OF PAPERS INVOLVING HIS COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANN COLEMAN TO HIS -- HE... |
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WE HAVE c TRAVELING VEHICLE WE'VE BUILT CALLED THE C-SPAN BOOK TV BUS AND IT GOES AROUND TO LIBRARIES... |
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ALL RIGHT. |
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I -- Mc QUESTIOc RELATES TO TED WILLIAMS, THE GREAT BALLPLAYER AND YOUR INTEREST IN HIM FROM YOUR... |
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THE PIECE IS CALLED "HOW FANS BID KID ADIEU". |
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YES, MY ONE FAMOUS SPORTS PIECE AND IT WAS WRITTEN OUT OF A REAL LOVE FOc UUD WILLIAMS. AS A CHILD,... |
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AHEAD OF HIS TIME IN THE BAD BOYS SPORTS? |
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HE WAS THE BAD BOY OF SPORT BEFORE AND HE WAS c BAD BOY Ac A TIME WHEN THEY WERE BEGINNING TO TATTLE... |
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NEXT CALL FROM MIDLAND, TEXAS. GOOD CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALLc JOHN, I'M BEEN FAN Oc... |
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WELL, I READ "THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS" WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY A YOUNG INDIAN WOMAN. I HAVE FORGOTTEN... |
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I'VE CHOSE THEN EMAIL BECAUSE IT'S A QUESTION THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU. I WAS STRUCK IN YOUR MEMOIR... |
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I THANK THE READER FOR THE OBSERVATION, AND, NO, I'VE NEVER BEEN A NOTEBOOKKEEPER. I BELIEVE THAT... |
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I TRY TO MAKE THE NOTION HIT ME ALL THE TIME SO THAT -- I MEAN, IF YOU WRITE WITHOUT ANY NOTION YOU... |
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NEXT PHONE CALL, ALBANY. HI. |
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HELLO. CALLER: HI, THERE. THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL. I APPRECIATED WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY ABOUT TEc... |
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I READ THOSE. I REALLY DID A LOT Oc REER'G AT SOME POINTS AND I DON'T RECALL READING AS MANY OUT OF... |
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ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES LEFT IN OUR CONVERSATION WITH YOU. FLINGING THESE QUESTIONS OF ALL TOPICS YOUR... |
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THAT WAS WRITTEN WHEN WILLIAM SHAWN AT LAST WAS RETIRED AS EDITOR OF THE NEW YORKER AND TINA BROWN... |
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NEXT TELEPHONE CALL FROM ENNIS, TEXAS. CALLER: THANKS VERY MUCH. AND MY QUESTION IS FOR THE LIST ... |
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I ONCE READ A MCCARTHY BOOK ABOUT A MAN WHO WAS LIVING IN A CAVE EATING CORPSES. MAYBE I MISREMEMBER... |
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WE ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME. AND I FEEL THE NEED FOR SOME SORT OF SUMMARY CONVERSATION WITH ALL... |
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HE DID SAY THAT, AND MY MOTHER QUOTED TO ME WHEN I WAS GETTING A DIVORCE AND FEELING VERY GUILTY AND... |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THIS TIME TODAY. WE APPRECIATE IT. JOHN UPDIKE'S CURRENT BOOK CALLED... |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
