SOURCE: "Native Fathers," in Kenyon Review, Vol. XIV, No. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 44-55.
In the following essay, Clausen compares and contrasts John Updike's works—including his 1990 novel Rabbit at Rest—and Wideman's works, particularly Philadelphia Fire.
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