Amis, Auster, Updike and King: Writers in the 8th Decade

Reading the new collection of Stephen King's stories, the highs and lows of it, the last works of his late contemporaries show what it's like to go out strong.

Making my way through Stephen King’s new collection of short stories and it’s a nice experience, reading them on a tablet at the bar for twenty or thirty minutes on weeknights, but it’s dizzying some…