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This is probably too much of a good thing. And Updike, while disagreeing with former critics of his methods, has noticeably reined in his writing in the past few years. His style has become tougher and more concrete. Says Author Roger Angell, who edits the Updike stories that appear in...
Angell, 26 years a fiction writer for The New Yorker and currently a senior fiction editor for the magazine as well as occasional baseball writer, explains that his primary interest lies in good writing, not following players around from park to park and each familiar hotel. "I don't want...
Despited carefully making this distinction, Angell objects to many of the labels that often come with it. Unlike less eloquent colleagues, such as Thomas Boswell, whose latest book is brashly titled How Life Imitates the World Series, Angell insists that "I'm not writing about baseball as a means of...
What singles out Angell, aside from his smooth prose, is his often subjective, personalized technique. He certainly plays favorites with teams and players, unafraid to hope, in print, for a Mets win--because they won't win too many games--or a Red Sox pennant--became he is an unabashed...
The fans, consciously or unconsciously, have become a rasion d'etre for Angell's craft. "The fans are really important," he says, explaining that "they're there not just to enjoy the sport but to see that it's done right." This collection of 40-million spectators has received some...