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On a recent visit to an Edward Hopper exhibition, my son whispered that he liked Hopper's preliminary drawings better than the finished paintings. I had to admit that they were fascinating. They were beautiful drawings, but clearly preliminary works, filled with notes about value and color temperature. A glimpse into the creative process.

In that light, the recluse writer, John Updike must have known that a life he fought to keep private would and should be studied. We now know that while he was building walls to protect his privacy, he was simultaneously building an enormous archive to let us in. The Archive now crowds the basement of Houghton Library, Harvard University’s rare book and manuscript repository.

See the article HERE

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