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JOHN UPDIKE ON SHORT STORIES July 13, 2010

Posted by thenaturalist in Short Stories.
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In his introduction to The Best American Short Stories of 1984, John Updike wrote, “I want stories to startle and engage me within the first few sentences, and in their middle to widen or deepen my knowledge of human activity, and to end by giving me a sensation of a completed statement.”

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