“Bookstores are lonely forts, spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighbourhoods.”
John Updike
John Updike
January 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Bookstores are lonely forts, spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighbourhoods.”
John Updike
John Updike
it smells like updike in here
September 26, 2026 at 1:22 AM
it smells like updike in here
Thinking a lot about an Updike phrase, "the maddening invulnerability of the stupid"
June 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Thinking a lot about an Updike phrase, "the maddening invulnerability of the stupid"
Not much, john up with you?
September 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Not much, john up with you?
Read multiple John Updike novels before turning 21
Filled out my kid's application for city preschool and this is the prompt I got when I checked the box for "white"
![a text box that says:
"White - Specify"
More Specific White
[and then I get to write whatever specific white I am here]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreidvsrieny2sjor776tyqvtpvjpwpmgf4rlmvqjzjjyo5s43jqdasy)
March 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Read multiple John Updike novels before turning 21
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
September 15, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
Jimmy Breslin on Gloria Steinem
Esquire, 8/92 (the same issue had John Updike on Dolly)
Esquire, 8/92 (the same issue had John Updike on Dolly)
September 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Jimmy Breslin on Gloria Steinem
Esquire, 8/92 (the same issue had John Updike on Dolly)
Esquire, 8/92 (the same issue had John Updike on Dolly)
Minimum 10 New Yorker stories? They know John Updike is dead, right?
January 30, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Minimum 10 New Yorker stories? They know John Updike is dead, right?
"Have you logged into PornHub this morning, Larry? John Updike has an absolute scorcher up"
January 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Have you logged into PornHub this morning, Larry? John Updike has an absolute scorcher up"
Of course this picture was set up. He was actually reading an Updike novel.
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Of course this picture was set up. He was actually reading an Updike novel.
“Bookstores are lonely forts, spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighborhoods.”
John Updike
John Updike
July 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Bookstores are lonely forts, spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighborhoods.”
John Updike
John Updike
I have been gaslit by a book of writing advice.
When I was a teen I liked John Updike (I know!) until I read a writing advice book called Writing Well by Donald Hall, which included a chapter explaining why Updike was bad.
I've found copies of Writing Well, but none include the Updike takedown.
When I was a teen I liked John Updike (I know!) until I read a writing advice book called Writing Well by Donald Hall, which included a chapter explaining why Updike was bad.
I've found copies of Writing Well, but none include the Updike takedown.
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I have been gaslit by a book of writing advice.
When I was a teen I liked John Updike (I know!) until I read a writing advice book called Writing Well by Donald Hall, which included a chapter explaining why Updike was bad.
I've found copies of Writing Well, but none include the Updike takedown.
When I was a teen I liked John Updike (I know!) until I read a writing advice book called Writing Well by Donald Hall, which included a chapter explaining why Updike was bad.
I've found copies of Writing Well, but none include the Updike takedown.
Inadvertently set the thermometer 1hr ahead yesterday and now
I’m wearing a Speedo reading an Updike novel on the beach
I’m wearing a Speedo reading an Updike novel on the beach
March 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Inadvertently set the thermometer 1hr ahead yesterday and now
I’m wearing a Speedo reading an Updike novel on the beach
I’m wearing a Speedo reading an Updike novel on the beach
![cyperpunk screenshot
gig: serious side effects
[!] find brooker updike [optional]
[ ] find the beta acid container](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2t622budf364qkodu3skkp5d/bafkreiafsdz3gi6r2k6hqqtocnyxsna3emtnojhsb2y57lu4cn2iobq2ju)
"Es fácil amar a las personas en la memoria; lo difícil es amarlas cuando están frente a ti".
John Updike
John Updike
March 19, 2026 at 10:03 AM
"Es fácil amar a las personas en la memoria; lo difícil es amarlas cuando están frente a ti".
John Updike
John Updike
Read Patricia Lockwood’s famed review of John Updike – angel, critic, ‘malfunctioning sex robot’ – here:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
May 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Read Patricia Lockwood’s famed review of John Updike – angel, critic, ‘malfunctioning sex robot’ – here:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Lesbian: I've been reading a lot of Updike lately
Me, sweating nervously:
Me, sweating nervously:
January 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Lesbian: I've been reading a lot of Updike lately
Me, sweating nervously:
Me, sweating nervously:
..dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them...
John Updike
John Updike
March 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
..dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them...
John Updike
John Updike
Nobody belong to us, except in memory.
John Updike
Artist-Michael Cheney
John Updike
Artist-Michael Cheney
May 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Nobody belong to us, except in memory.
John Updike
Artist-Michael Cheney
John Updike
Artist-Michael Cheney
April 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM