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Department of coincidences
I was just about to write a post with the following title, but Gish Jen beat me to it:
John Updike Chose Me As His Successor. I Never Got To Ask Him Why.
(The piece is not nearly as self-promoting as one might guess. Still: come on.)
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Christopher Shea covers intellectual affairs and is the former "Critical
Faculties" columnist for the Ideas section.






