"The success of his social comedy comes, however, at a slight cost in psychological precision. Wholeheartedly, receiving from her three or four true poems." In this book he appears to be kidding with his Muse, now and then wooing her it also shows Updike to be on occasion a poet of rare depth and competence. In 'TheĬentaur' he is still lost in a maze of pretentious experimentation." Unfortunately, he has been extravagantly over-praised by several critics. "John Updike is a brilliantly talented and versatile young writer. Is no longer pirouetting, however gracefully, out of a simple delight in motion, but is beginning to serve his deepest insight. not just a book of very brilliant short stories it is a demonstration of how the most gifted writer of his generation is coming to maturity it shows us that Mr. Here is the conflict of real ideas of real personalities here is a work of intellectual imagination and great charity. John Updike Reads From 'Licks of Love' (Nov.Going Home Again, an interview with John Updike.Scott Reviews 'Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel' (Nov. With News and Reviews From the Archives of The New York Times
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