Part 37 (1/2)
page 18 ”The atmosphere of the house was peculiar”: ”The atmosphere of the house was peculiar”: ”Interview with Jerome Klinkowitz, 197172,” in ”Interview with Jerome Klinkowitz, 197172,” in Not-Knowing Not-Knowing, ed. Herzinger, 200.
page 18 ”sheer literary talent and output of the Barthelme family”: ”sheer literary talent and output of the Barthelme family”: Don Graham, ”book review,” Don Graham, ”book review,”
Texas Monthly, August 2001; posted at .
page 18 ”a cigar box with a cracker box on top”; ”an ever-ready work force”; ”He was p.r.o.ne to handing”: ”a cigar box with a cracker box on top”; ”an ever-ready work force”; ”He was p.r.o.ne to handing”: Steven Barthelme, ”It Used to Be Right Here,” 4. Steven Barthelme, ”It Used to Be Right Here,” 4.
page 18 his kids liked the warps and ripples in it: his kids liked the warps and ripples in it: Marion Barthelme recalls, ”I once asked Donald how he'd gotten such strong shoulders, and he said that as a young boy, under his father's direction, he'd spent a summer rolling a c.o.ke bottle across the copper to give it that warp and ripple.” Marion Barthelme recalls, ”I once asked Donald how he'd gotten such strong shoulders, and he said that as a young boy, under his father's direction, he'd spent a summer rolling a c.o.ke bottle across the copper to give it that warp and ripple.”
page 18 ”There was one thing that...affect[ed] my childhood”: ”There was one thing that...affect[ed] my childhood”: Barthelme and O'Hara, ”Rough Draft #1.” Barthelme and O'Hara, ”Rough Draft #1.”
page 20 In the 1970s, he told a friend: In the 1970s, he told a friend: Karen Kennerly, in a conversation with the author, May 29, 2004. Karen Kennerly, in a conversation with the author, May 29, 2004.
page 20 ”moonstruck”: ”moonstruck”: Barthelme, Barthelme, Sixty Stories Sixty Stories, 103.
page 20 ”Ever been subject to epilepsy?”: ”Ever been subject to epilepsy?”: Barthelme, Barthelme, Paradise Paradise, 15.
page 20 ”Modernist architecture was a crusade”; ”It took a month or so”: ”Modernist architecture was a crusade”; ”It took a month or so”: Steven Barthelme, ”It Used to Be Right Here,” 4. Steven Barthelme, ”It Used to Be Right Here,” 4.
page 20 a ”magical” part of the house: a ”magical” part of the house: Steven Barthelme, ”Tools That Fit Just So,” Steven Barthelme, ”Tools That Fit Just So,” Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle, October 21, 1990, 4.
page 20 ”a designer is responsible”; ”everything good ever done”; ”Walk alone”: ”a designer is responsible”; ”everything good ever done”; ”Walk alone”: Donald Barthelme, Sr., quoted in Fox, ”Donald Barthelme, 19171996,” 9, 10. Donald Barthelme, Sr., quoted in Fox, ”Donald Barthelme, 19171996,” 9, 10.
2. The Educational Experience pages 2122 ”half school and half circus”; ”Barthelme [has] made a lot out of a little” ”half school and half circus”; ”Barthelme [has] made a lot out of a little” to to ”Barthelme is a liberated man”: ”Barthelme is a liberated man”: ”Wirework School: Simplicity+Ingenuity=Low Cost and High Value,” ”Wirework School: Simplicity+Ingenuity=Low Cost and High Value,” Architectural Forum Architectural Forum, October 1952, 103106.
page 23 Their mother shows up as a drunken barmaid: Their mother shows up as a drunken barmaid: 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) 2021. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999) 2021.
page 23 Helen threw herself into housework and child rearing: Helen threw herself into housework and child rearing: Steven Barthelme, ”And Off to Work We Go,” Steven Barthelme, ”And Off to Work We Go,” Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle, March 29, 1998, 3.
page 23 Rafael Sabatini's: Rafael Sabatini's: Steven Barthelme, ”Fancy Girl in a Fancy Car,” Steven Barthelme, ”Fancy Girl in a Fancy Car,” Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle, November 3, 1999, 3.
page 23 cruised down Highway 6: cruised down Highway 6: Steven Barthelme, ”Just Being Out There and Loose,” Steven Barthelme, ”Just Being Out There and Loose,” Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle, September 1, 1991, 4.
page 23 ”stack of saddles in a corner”; ”rifles on pegs” ”stack of saddles in a corner”; ”rifles on pegs”: Donald Barthelme. Sixty Stories Sixty Stories (New York: Putnam, 1981), 449. (New York: Putnam, 1981), 449.