John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.
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Type: Critic Born: July 23, 1912 |
That's the main reason I gave up my career after John was born and I was pregnant with Andrew. I could not handle going away day after day. The thought of going away before they got up and coming back after they were in bed was intolerable.

