John Updike dies, aged 76

American author, poet, literary and art critic John Updike died today at 76. The Pulitzer Prize-Winning author, wrote the classic Rabbit Series, which will be read and analyzed as part of this project.

We first meet Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom in Rabbit, Run, as a boorish, unhappy former basketball jock who runs from (and to) his pregnant wife. The novels that follow cover 30 years and make up the great study of American manhood.

To learn more and hear the NPR remembrance click here.