“The Christian Roommates” is not one of Updike’s best stories.” — Adam Begley Christianity Copy Share Image
“White encouraged Updike’s equally scrupulous commitment. They bonded over dashes, colons, and commas—most amazingly in an exchange of letters in the last… — Adam Begley Modern english Copy Share Image
“I scuttled without a shell, between houses and wives, a snake between skins, a monster of selfishness, my grotesque needs naked and… — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“Even more than black death he dreaded the gaudy gate: the mask of sweet red rubber, the violet overhead lights, the rattling… — Adam Begley Black death Copy Share Image
“[A]s Norman Mailer pointed out decades ago, and Philip Roth not long afterwards, niceness is the enemy. Every soft stroke from society… — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“I read and talked into the microphone and was gracious to the local rich, the English faculty and the college president, and… — Adam Begley Shining eyes Copy Share Image
“Updike quashed the voice of his conscience, while at the same time clinging to a “me-first Salvationism.” — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“the students with their clear skin and shining eyes and inviting innocence, like a blank surface one wishes to scribble obscenities on.” — Adam Begley Shining eyes Copy Share Image
“the “human need for transcendence should be met with minimal embarrassments to reason,” — Adam Begley Shame Copy Share Image
