Author john updike biography wikipedia

My Father’s Tears and Other Stories is a collection of 18 works of short fiction by John Updike. The volume was published posthumously in 2009 by Alfred A.

Knopf and is the final collection to date of Updike’s stories.^[1][2]

Stories

The stories first appeared in The New Yorker, unless indicated otherwise.^[3] The collection was published posthumously.^[4]

“Morocco” (The Atlantic, November 1979)

“Personal Archaeology” (May 29, 2000)

“Free” (January 8, 2001)

“The Laughter of the Gods” (February 11, 2002)

“Varieties of Religious Experience” (The Atlantic, November, 2002)

“Spanish Prelude to a Second Marriage” (Harper’s Magazine, October 2002)

“Delicate Wives” (February 2, 2004)

“The Guardians” (March 26, 2001)

“The Walk With Elizanne” (July 7, 2003)

“The Accelerating Expansion of the Universe” (Harper’s Magazine, October 2004)

“German Lessons” (Playboy, January 2006)

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