Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 25, 1950

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda tells John about a recent play she has seen and provides her critiques on the writing, acting, and directing. She also encourages John to obtain a copy of a poetry magazine, Different, edited by Lilith Lorraine.

Publication Date

10-25-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Pomeroy's Department Store, A Streetcar Named Desire, Rajah Theater, Shillington, Reading, Wolcott Gibbs, Tennessee Williams, Carl Sandburg, United Evangelical Lutheran Church, Martha Raye, Different, zine, Lilith Lorraine, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Milton Berle

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed [Mother].

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, October 25, 1950" (1950). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 24.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/24

Rights Statement

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