Odd Jobs (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: John Updike
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Essays, literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Journalism or journalists, Literature, Communication, Writing, 1980’s
Most teachers of creative writing exhort students to write every day and to read widely to improve both their knowledge of the world and their sense of style. John Updike would be a good model for students to follow, for he must write or read all day long in order to produce the output attributed to him. In Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism, Updike presents readers with a collection of his miscellaneous essays and reviews that have appeared in literary magazines and popular highbrow periodicals during the 1980’s. Organized in three sections, the work includes some half-dozen...
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