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Grace in territory held largely by the devil

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

This week at Salon.com, Allen Barra has published a review of a new biography of Flannery O’Connor.  My first encounter with O’Connor was as a freshman English major in college, when I read “A Good Man is Hard to Find” … Continue reading →

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Once More, John Updike

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

And I think of John Updike, who illuminated private lives and wrote so lovingly of the world, who called snowfall "an immense whispering" and compared a brilliant snowy day to overdeveloped film. Who re-created the backyards and clotheslines of small-town … Continue reading →

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Writer Scams

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

This article, passed on to me by Cantara Christopher, publisher of Cantaraville, reminded me of how vulnerable people who dream of publishing success can be.  The odds are incredibly long.  A market for literary fiction exists, and in spite of … Continue reading →

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Rabbit Remembered

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

John Updike (1932-2009) John Updike’s Life and Work from Salon © 2009 – 2011, Fred Bubbers. All rights reserved.

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An Old Building and a New Paradigm

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

On an unseasonably warm afternoon in early December of 1982, I was pounding the pavement in Manhattan, trying to find my first job after graduating from college the previous spring.  I had a fresh haircut, my shirt collar itched me, … Continue reading →

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