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In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda discusses how writing to John is increasing her confidence in her fiction writing. She updates John about her husband's improved teaching performance, noting that spirits are currently high on "Strawberry Hill."

Publication Date

1-22-1951

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Dear Juan, Juan Ponce de Leon, Charles J. Hemmig, Newton W. Geiss, Richard Hartz, Y.M.C.A., Wesley Russell Updike, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed [Mother].

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Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, January 22, 1951

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