Q&A …

… John Updike, Pennsylvania, and “the matter of America” | Library of America. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Curious to learn more about what Updike himself once referred to as his “Pennsylvania thing,” we turned to Jack De Bellis, professor emeritus at Lehigh University and the author of six books on John Updike, for further insight into the small-town milieu that proved to be such an abiding source of inspiration for the author.