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page 5 the relations.h.i.+p of his fiction ”to political writing”: the relations.h.i.+p of his fiction ”to political writing”: Lois Zamora, ”The Long Sonata of the Dead,” Lois Zamora, ”The Long Sonata of the Dead,” Gulf Coast Gulf Coast 4, no. 1 (1991): 183. 4, no. 1 (1991): 183.
page 5 ”lowered expectations in terms of life”: ”lowered expectations in terms of life”: ”Interview with Bobbie Roe, 1988,” in ”Interview with Bobbie Roe, 1988,” in Not-Knowing, Not-Knowing, ed. Herzinger, 319. ed. Herzinger, 319.
page 5 Baudelaire's ”pitiful” acrobats: Baudelaire's ”pitiful” acrobats: Charles Baudelaire, Charles Baudelaire, The Parisian Prowler, The Parisian Prowler, trans. Edward K. Kaplan (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989), 29. trans. Edward K. Kaplan (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989), 29.
page 6 ”Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult”: ”Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult”: Barthelme, ”Not-Knowing,” in Barthelme, ”Not-Knowing,” in Not-Knowing, Not-Knowing, ed. Herzinger, 15. ed. Herzinger, 15.
page 6 ”The point of my career”: ”The point of my career”: Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Forty Stories Forty Stories (New York: Putnam, 1987), 256. (New York: Putnam, 1987), 256.
page 7 The ”irruption of accident”: The ”irruption of accident”: Donald Barthelme, ”Nudes: An Introduction to Donald Barthelme, ”Nudes: An Introduction to Exquisite Creatures Exquisite Creatures,” in Not-Knowing, Not-Knowing, ed. Herzinger, 182. ed. Herzinger, 182.
page 7 ”What is magical [about art]”: ”What is magical [about art]”: Barthelme, ”Not-Knowing,” in Barthelme, ”Not-Knowing,” in Not-Knowing Not-Knowing, ed. Herzinger, 20.
page 7 ”It [is not] easy to conjure up a man”: ”It [is not] easy to conjure up a man”: Phillip Lopate, Phillip Lopate, Getting Personal Getting Personal (New York: Basic Books, 2003), 357. (New York: Basic Books, 2003), 357.
page 7 ”There's not a strong autobiographical strain”: ”There's not a strong autobiographical strain”: J. D. O'Hara ”Donald Barthelme: The Art of Fiction LXVI,” J. D. O'Hara ”Donald Barthelme: The Art of Fiction LXVI,” Paris Review Paris Review 80 (1981): 274. 80 (1981): 274.
pages 78 ”I will never write an autobiography”; would not ”sustain a person's attention”; ”biography is always interesting”; his work had ”not perhaps [been] adequately” commented upon: ”I will never write an autobiography”; would not ”sustain a person's attention”; ”biography is always interesting”; his work had ”not perhaps [been] adequately” commented upon: Donald Barthelme and J. D. O' Hara, ”Rough Draft #1” of the Donald Barthelme and J. D. O' Hara, ”Rough Draft #1” of the Paris Review Paris Review interview, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries. interview, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries.
page 8 ”Time works on fiction as it does on us”: The Writer in Society: Donald Barthelme ”Time works on fiction as it does on us”: The Writer in Society: Donald Barthelme (Houston: KUHT-TV, 1984). This recording is of an interview with George Plimpton. (Houston: KUHT-TV, 1984). This recording is of an interview with George Plimpton.
page 8 ”I remember Donald well”: ”I remember Donald well”: Roger Angell, in conversation with the author, May 27, 2004. Roger Angell, in conversation with the author, May 27, 2004.
page 8 ”I don't mind trying”; ”When I reflect how many cells”: ”I don't mind trying”; ”When I reflect how many cells”: Kirkpatrick Sale, in E-mails to the author, May 20 and 25, 2004. Kirkpatrick Sale, in E-mails to the author, May 20 and 25, 2004.
1. Tools page 11 ”I Bought a Little City”: ”I Bought a Little City”: Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories Sixty Stories (New York: Putnam, 1981), 296. (New York: Putnam, 1981), 296.
page 12 ”wasn't going to be able to just stand there”: ”wasn't going to be able to just stand there”: Frederick Barthelme and Steven Barthelme, Frederick Barthelme and Steven Barthelme, Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999), 133. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999), 133.
page 12 ”world was a place that needed fixing”: ”world was a place that needed fixing”: ibid., 192. ibid., 192.
page 12 ”for some indiscretion in the school newspaper”: ”for some indiscretion in the school newspaper”: ibid., 16. ibid., 16.
page 12 ”tall, dark, and handsome one”: ”tall, dark, and handsome one”: Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme: The Genesis of a Cool Sound Donald Barthelme: The Genesis of a Cool Sound (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2001), 7. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2001), 7.
page 12 ”He was a fortunate man”: ”He was a fortunate man”: Barthelme and Barthelme, Barthelme and Barthelme, Double Down, Double Down, 16. 16.
pages 1213 ”What else happened in 1931?”: ”What else happened in 1931?”: Donald Barthelme, draft of ”Kierkegaard Unfair to Schlegel,” Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries. Donald Barthelme, draft of ”Kierkegaard Unfair to Schlegel,” Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries.
page 13 ”beloved mother”: ”beloved mother”: Barthelme and Barthelme, Barthelme and Barthelme, Double Down, Double Down, 35. 35.
page 13 Philadelphia Savings Fund Society building: Philadelphia Savings Fund Society building: See See plex for the Friedrichstra.s.se in Berlin, he noted that light and shadow did not guide his design; instead, the important thing to him was the play of reflections on the gla.s.s. This suggests that his eye was not on human needs, or the will of the age, but on the beyond (see ibid., 103, 155, 161).
page 15 the ”country of timid people”: the ”country of timid people”: John Burchard and Albert Bush-Brown, John Burchard and Albert Bush-Brown, The Architecture of America: A Social and Cultural History The Architecture of America: A Social and Cultural History (Boston: Little, Brown, 1966), 361. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1966), 361.
page 15 A ”tendency toward Oedipal overthrow”: A ”tendency toward Oedipal overthrow”: Herbert Muschamp, ”A Building with a Song in Its Heart,” Herbert Muschamp, ”A Building with a Song in Its Heart,” New York Times, New York Times, October 2, 2003. October 2, 2003.
page 15 ”Mr. Barthelme, I find that I can make things beautiful”: ”Mr. Barthelme, I find that I can make things beautiful”: Barthelme and Barthelme, Barthelme and Barthelme, Double Down, Double Down, 132. 132.
page 16 U.S. Department of Justice building U.S. Department of Justice building: For details on this building, see the National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary atand andM. O'Brien, ”An Interview with Donald Barthelme,” typewritten transcript, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries. Stephen Fox and Janet M. O'Brien, ”An Interview with Donald Barthelme,” typewritten transcript, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries.
page 17 ”the qualifications of which”: Architectural Forum, ”the qualifications of which”: Architectural Forum, July 1939, 7. July 1939, 7.
page 18 ”wonderful to live in but strange to see on the Texas prairie”: ”wonderful to live in but strange to see on the Texas prairie”: ”Interview with Jerome Klinkowitz, 197172,” in ”Interview with Jerome Klinkowitz, 197172,” in Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews, Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews, ed. Kim Herzinger (New York: Random House, 1997), 200. ed. Kim Herzinger (New York: Random House, 1997), 200.
page 18 ”The furniture...wasn't like other people's furniture”: ”The furniture...wasn't like other people's furniture”: Steven Barthelme, ”It Used to Be Right Here,” Steven Barthelme, ”It Used to Be Right Here,” Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle, Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle, May 20, 2000, 4. May 20, 2000, 4.
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