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“Oliver’s Evolution” by John Updike

John Updike’s “Oliver’s Evolution” is one of those short stories that spans a lifetime, and does it magically. Perhaps best known for writing The Witches of Eastwick, Updike was a poet, novelist, short story writer, and a literary and art critic. But somehow, the one story that seems to have an allure of its own is this one. It’s short, at

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