Literary editor William R. Macnaughton reports that Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories received “generally popular reviews” upon its release.Macnaughton, 1982 p. 5 Time magazine registered some doubts as to the seriousness of Updike’s literature: “This dedicated 29-year-old man of letters says very little, and says it very well…The impressions left are of risks untaken, words too fondly tasted, and a security of skill that approaches smugness.”Macnaughton, 1982 p. 5
