Part 36 (1/2)

1980.

Presents (limited edition) and (limited edition) and The Emerald The Emerald (limited edition) are published. (limited edition) are published.

1981.

Sixty Stories is published. Becomes Cullen Distinguished Professor of English, University of Houston; begins living half the year in Houston, half the year in New York. is published. Becomes Cullen Distinguished Professor of English, University of Houston; begins living half the year in Houston, half the year in New York.

1982.

Daughter Katharine born in New York.

1983.

Overnight to Many Distant Cities is published. is published.

1986.

Paradise is published. is published.

1987.

Forty Stories and and Sam's Bar Sam's Bar (latter with Seymour Chwast) are published. (latter with Seymour Chwast) are published.

1988.

Receives Rea Award for the Short Story. Diagnosed with throat cancer; undergoes surgery and radiation treatments.

1989.

Receives senior fellows.h.i.+p from the American Academy in Rome; spends the spring in Rome. Dies of throat cancer in Houston on July 23.

1990.

The King is published posthumously. is published posthumously.

1992.

The Teachings of Don B.: Satires, Parodies, Fables, Ill.u.s.trated Stories, and Plays, edited by Kim Herzinger, is published. 1997 edited by Kim Herzinger, is published. 1997 Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews, Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews, edited by Kim Herzinger, is published. edited by Kim Herzinger, is published.

2007.

Flying to America: 45 More Stories, edited by Kim Herzinger, is published. edited by Kim Herzinger, is published.

NOTES.

Introduction: The Lost Teacher

page 3 ”At this time of life”; ”From the outset”: ”At this time of life”; ”From the outset”: John Ashbery, John Ashbery, Three Poems, Three Poems, in in Selected Poems Selected Poems (New York: Penguin, 1986), 123, 125. (New York: Penguin, 1986), 123, 125.

page 3 ”managed to place himself in the center of modern consciousness”: ”managed to place himself in the center of modern consciousness”: William Ga.s.s, William Ga.s.s, Fiction and the Figures of Life Fiction and the Figures of Life (New York: Vintage, 1972), 100. (New York: Vintage, 1972), 100.

page 4 ”unfortunate discontinuance”: ”unfortunate discontinuance”: Amazon.com. Amazon.com.

page 4 ”Oh, I think they want me to go away”: ”Oh, I think they want me to go away”: ”Interview with Charles Ruas and Judith Sherman, 1975,” in ”Interview with Charles Ruas and Judith Sherman, 1975,” in Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews, Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews, ed. Kim Herzinger (New York: Random House, 1997), 236. ed. Kim Herzinger (New York: Random House, 1997), 236.

page 4 ”Neglect is useful”: ”Neglect is useful”: Donald Barthelme, ”Culture, Etc.,” in ibid., 135. Donald Barthelme, ”Culture, Etc.,” in ibid., 135.

page 5 ”political and social contamination”: ”political and social contamination”: Donald Barthelme, ”Not-Knowing,” in ibid., 1415. Donald Barthelme, ”Not-Knowing,” in ibid., 1415.