John Updike is interviewed in his New York office in 1989. By this time, he was living in a small seaside town in Massachusetts. (Wyatt Counts / Associated Press)
John Updike speaks at the National Book Awards in New York in 1998. (Osamu Honda / Associated Press)
Author John Updike addresses a book convention in 2006, shortly after publication of his novel “Terrorist.” (Caleb Jones / Associated Press)
