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James Carroll
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James Carroll's recent book is Practicing Catholic, a story of American belief. He is a columnist for the Boston Globe and Distinguished-Scholar-in-Residence at Suffolk University. His other books include An American Requiem, which won the National Book Award, House of War, winner of the PEN-Galbraith Award, and Constantine's Sword, now an acclaimed documentary. Boston Globe columnist and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at Suffolk University |
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The peak reading of my summer has been Endpoint from John Updike's last poems, a clear-eyed chronicle of the final days of his life. This direct confrontation with death, through the magic of fine writing, leaves a reader not grief-struck or sad, much less depressed, but enlivened, ennobled, even exhilarated. We miss the man very much, but John Updike's writing is with us still. |
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