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- ↑ Jack De Bellis, The John Updike Encyclopedia p. 462 (2000) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0313299048
- ↑ John Updike, Self-Consciousness (2012) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0812982967
- 1 2 Adam Begley, Updike (2014) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0062109669
- 1 2 "Tete Cobblah". The Umbrella. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "NIBBLED AT BY NEIGHBORS," Jan 14, 1990, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/14/books/nibbled-at-by-neighbors.html
- ↑ Jack De Bellis, The John Updike Encyclopedia p. 462 (2000) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0313299048
- ↑ "Updike family donates more items". 9 August 2018.
- ↑ Life-Long Learning - Pingree School, www.pingree.org/uploaded/publications/pingreebulletinfw0708.pdf