John Updike

Michael Krasny

Nov 11, 2008 at

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Celebrated author John Updike reflects on his extensive career as a novelist, short story writer, poet and literary critic, and discusses his new novel “The Widows of Eastwick.” The new work is a sequel to his 1984 best seller, “The Witches of Eastwick.” The author of more than 50 books, Updike received the Pulitzer Prize for two of the novels in his Rabbit series.

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