Jake Morrissey

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3,330 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 8 Sep

Jake Morrissey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Marlon and Jake Read Dead People · The Literary Hall of Shame · 8 Sep 2026 podcast

That's interesting because I would have said how come it doesn't show up on the page. matched

That's what I was wondering because he was primarily – or early on was a journalist, wasn't matched

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See, you're a better person than I am because I can't think of a single Updike right now that I would want to read or even dignify by saying it's his worst book. matched

don't think he aged well. matched

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That's a fair way of putting it. matched

I also think for him, it's almost as if he's writing the kind of literary version of the characters from Mad Men without the matched

I mean, it's a very particular perspective about what it means to be a privileged white guy in the middle of the 20th century. matched

Well, that, I think, makes him a more interesting, he's more, I think he's a more interesting critic. matched

I'm more interested as a reader still revisiting the kind of white maleness mid-20th century of Cheever than I am of Updike. matched

I mean, I'm definitely in camp Cheever. matched

Right, right. matched

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We'll have links in the show notes to the books that we've talked about in this episode. matched

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