Typed letter, signed “John Updike”

[Beverly Farms, Mass], 1993. One page. 1 vols. 4to. To Wesley Hartley, a long-time educator and teacher, formerly of the American Council on Education. Folded, else fine with the original envelope. One page. 1 vols. 4to. ¶Hartley had written to Updike asking about the importance of his formal education to his creative writing. He answered “my high school education was very important to me, and a lot of fun besides, and a college education is desirable for a would-be writer, if not absolutely necessary”.