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Life After Sports: Summary, Reading, and Analysis of John Updike's "Ex-Basketball Player."

9th - 12th
John Updike's most famous poem, "Ex-Basketball Player" explores the triumphs and failures of the town's former star athlete, Flick Webb.



Not only does "Ex-Basketball Player" perfectly capture the all too common fallout from...
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Harper Audio: John Updike Reads His Fiction

9th - 10th
Two short stories and a novel excerpt are read here by the author. There are three different audio file formats available.