tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502471156807193188.post641182419805052630..comments2023-10-18T05:18:46.420-07:00Comments on The Writing Life II: Looking goodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502471156807193188.post-6678579488416682092013-08-23T22:52:06.889-07:002013-08-23T22:52:06.889-07:00Ducks vs. Bruins will be on TV.Ducks vs. Bruins will be on TV.Terry Simonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00611795590189464644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502471156807193188.post-80354510003836613742013-08-23T20:21:37.680-07:002013-08-23T20:21:37.680-07:00Cheever didn't miss a thing. The Chekhov of th...Cheever didn't miss a thing. The Chekhov of the suburbs. I miss that time, too... the '50s, 60's, Updike, even Mailer.<br /><br />Wrap it up, Mike, time to go home.Dinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502471156807193188.post-2929206586956321432013-08-23T20:15:16.903-07:002013-08-23T20:15:16.903-07:00I'll be 55 October 11. Let's say the US po...I'll be 55 October 11. Let's say the US population is 300 million, about the same size as western europe. In 1968 the US population was approximately 200 million. So a third of the US population today didn't exist in '68. <br /><br />So I'm reading "Bullet Park" by John Cheever, and it dawns on me that Cheever's America has vanished.Mike Goldnoreply@blogger.com