Part 41 (2/2)
page 190 ”In regard to working on the Longview magazine”: ”In regard to working on the Longview magazine”: Donald Barthelme, letter to Harold Rosenberg, March 28, 1962, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California. Donald Barthelme, letter to Harold Rosenberg, March 28, 1962, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California.
page 191 ”found his absence disquieting”: ”found his absence disquieting”: Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 127.
page 191 ”How good you look” ”How good you look” to to ”Uncertain of our future”: ”Uncertain of our future”: ibid., 127129. ibid., 127129.
page 192 Bayles told him ”it was time to get out of town”: Bayles told him ”it was time to get out of town”: Cited in Tim Fleck, ”Burying the Dead Father,” Cited in Tim Fleck, ”Burying the Dead Father,” Houston Press Houston Press, February 8, 1990.
page 192 ”I'll need you in New York”; ”Don accepted”: ”I'll need you in New York”; ”Don accepted”: Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 129.
page 192 ”with about seven prominent creative types”: ”with about seven prominent creative types”: Pat Goeters, in an E-mail to the author, April 26, 2004. Pat Goeters, in an E-mail to the author, April 26, 2004.
pages 192193 ”I don't believe [Don] ever understood” ”I don't believe [Don] ever understood” to to ”stay [in Houston] and build a home like this”: ”stay [in Houston] and build a home like this”: Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 129131.
page 193 ”When he recalled his work [there]”: ”When he recalled his work [there]”: ibid., 130. ibid., 130.
page 193 ”I know Don thought that working as the CAM director”: ”I know Don thought that working as the CAM director”: Marion Knox Barthelme, in an E-mail to the author, October 13, 2004. Marion Knox Barthelme, in an E-mail to the author, October 13, 2004.
page 193 ”I don't think he felt as good about himself”: ”I don't think he felt as good about himself”: Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 130.
page 194 ”compartmentalize[d] the people he knew” ”compartmentalize[d] the people he knew” to to ”extraordinary ability to challenge another person”: ”extraordinary ability to challenge another person”: ibid., 130131. ibid., 130131.
23. Location page 197 ”On this worst of anniversaries”: ”On this worst of anniversaries”: 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), 135. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2001), 135.
page 198 ”Once, Don took Joe to a party”: ”Once, Don took Joe to a party”: Maggie Maranto, in an E-mail to the author, June 18, 2004. Maggie Maranto, in an E-mail to the author, June 18, 2004.
page 199 a ”teeny” bit in love: a ”teeny” bit in love: Lee Hall, Lee Hall, Elaine and Bill: Portrait of a Marriage Elaine and Bill: Portrait of a Marriage (New York: HarperCollins, 1993), 230. (New York: HarperCollins, 1993), 230.
page 199 ”I spent the first several years of our friends.h.i.+p”: ”I spent the first several years of our friends.h.i.+p”: Donald Barthelme, ”Thomas B. Hess, 19201978,” Donald Barthelme, ”Thomas B. Hess, 19201978,” Art in America Art in America, November/December, 1978, 89.
page 199 ”were not worried about putting the magazine out on time”: ”were not worried about putting the magazine out on time”: Donald Barthelme, ”Interview with Larry McCaffery, 1980,” in Donald Barthelme, ”Interview with Larry McCaffery, 1980,” in Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews, ed. Kim Herzinger (New York: Random House, 1997), 264.
page 199 ”The only adequate criticism of a work of art is another work of art”: ”The only adequate criticism of a work of art is another work of art”: J. D. O'Hara, ”Donald Barthelme: The Art of Fiction LXVI,” J. D. O'Hara, ”Donald Barthelme: The Art of Fiction LXVI,” Pari Review Pari Review 80 (1981): 186. 80 (1981): 186.
page 199 ”frauds, freaks, charlatans, and worse”: ”frauds, freaks, charlatans, and worse”: Cited in Florence Rubenfeld, Cited in Florence Rubenfeld, Clement Greenberg: A Life Clement Greenberg: A Life (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997), 231. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997), 231.
page 200 ”I heard you were talking at the Guggenheim”: ”I heard you were talking at the Guggenheim”: ibid., 232233. ibid., 232233.
page 200 ”abstract... officer in Kafka's ”abstract... officer in Kafka's The Penal Colony The Penal Colony”: Harold Rosenberg. ”The Trial and Eichmann,” Harold Rosenberg. ”The Trial and Eichmann,” Commentary Commentary 32, no. 5 (1961): 379. 32, no. 5 (1961): 379.
page 200 ”[The] situation has changed”: ”[The] situation has changed”: Robert Alexander, letter to Harold Rosenberg, October 17, 1961, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California. Robert Alexander, letter to Harold Rosenberg, October 17, 1961, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California.
page 201 ”Dear Harold: Hear you are committing the final sin”: ”Dear Harold: Hear you are committing the final sin”: Walter Lowenfels, letter to Harold Rosenberg, December 17, 1963, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California. Walter Lowenfels, letter to Harold Rosenberg, December 17, 1963, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California.
page 201 ”expression and thinking in art and literature”; ”overcome the intellectual isolation”; ”endeaver to maintain”: ”expression and thinking in art and literature”; ”overcome the intellectual isolation”; ”endeaver to maintain”: Harold Rosenberg, ”Proposal for a Magazine to Be Published by Longview Foundation, Inc.,” February 1960, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California. Harold Rosenberg, ”Proposal for a Magazine to Be Published by Longview Foundation, Inc.,” February 1960, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California.
page 201 initial budget for the magazine: initial budget for the magazine: Harold Rosenberg, ”Tentative Budget: Locations,” Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California. Harold Rosenberg, ”Tentative Budget: Locations,” Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California.
pages 201202 ”of persons not of ”of persons not of pieces pieces” to to ”very few 'new' people”: ”very few 'new' people”: Harold Rosenberg, ”Notes on Location” (undated), Research Library Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California. Harold Rosenberg, ”Notes on Location” (undated), Research Library Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California.
page 202 ”a stranger”; ”att.i.tude was unfriendly, cavalier”: ”a stranger”; ”att.i.tude was unfriendly, cavalier”: Meyer Liben, letter to Harold Rosenberg, August 3, 1963, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California. Meyer Liben, letter to Harold Rosenberg, August 3, 1963, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California.
page 202 ”[In] vigor and orginality”; ”experience of painters and sculptors”: ”[In] vigor and orginality”; ”experience of painters and sculptors”: Rosenberg, ”Proposal for a Magazine to be Published by Longview Foundation, Inc.” Rosenberg, ”Proposal for a Magazine to be Published by Longview Foundation, Inc.” page 202 page 202 ”The art world thronged to the opening”: ”The art world thronged to the opening”: Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, De Kooning: An American Master De Kooning: An American Master (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), 441. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), 441.
page 203 ”is a collage”: ”is a collage”: Donald Barthelme, ”Interview with Jerome Klinkowitz, 197172,” in Donald Barthelme, ”Interview with Jerome Klinkowitz, 197172,” in Not-Knowing Not-Knowing, ed. Herzinger, 204.
page 203 ”all the filth on the streets”: ”all the filth on the streets”: O'Hara, ”Donald Barthelme,” 202. O'Hara, ”Donald Barthelme,” 202.
page 203 ”you'd go to see”: ”you'd go to see”: Donald Barthelme. Jo Brans, ”Embracing the World: in Donald Barthelme. Jo Brans, ”Embracing the World: in Not-Knowing Not-Knowing, ed. Herzinger, 306.
page 203 ”Yesterday in the typewriter”: ”Yesterday in the typewriter”: Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories Sixty Stories (New York: Putnam, 1981), 22. (New York: Putnam, 1981), 22.
page 203 ”After that, it was every two or three days”: ”At that point Don called”: ”After that, it was every two or three days”: ”At that point Don called”: Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 133134.
page 204 ”Gothic [pride]”; a ”condition never to be reconciled”: ”Gothic [pride]”; a ”condition never to be reconciled”: Henry James, Henry James, The American Scene The American Scene (New York: Scribner's, 1946), 7678. (New York: Scribner's, 1946), 7678.
page 204 ”The precious stretch of s.p.a.ce”: ”The precious stretch of s.p.a.ce”: ibid.,87. ibid.,87.
page 204 ”New York... languishes and palpitates”: ”New York... languishes and palpitates”: ibid., 116. ibid., 116.
page 204 ”This muck heaves and palpitates”: ”This muck heaves and palpitates”: Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories Sixty Stories, 158.
page 204 the hotel's ”illusions about itself”: the hotel's ”illusions about itself”: This and James's subsequent comments about the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel are from James, This and James's subsequent comments about the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel are from James, The American Scene The American Scene, 101106. During the Depression, Langston Hughes also famously wrote about the hotel's ostentation and superficiality in his poem ”Advertis.e.m.e.nt for the Waldorf-Astoria.” page 205 page 205 ”Carola Mitt”: ”Carola Mitt”: Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Come Back, Dr. Caligari Come Back, Dr. Caligari (Boston: Little, Brown, 1964), 8586. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1964), 8586.
page 205 ”leaders in the new wave”; ”Marola Witt”: ”leaders in the new wave”; ”Marola Witt”: ”The Bones Have Names,” ”The Bones Have Names,” Time Time, December 22, 1961, 3031.
page 205 ”Man practices metaphysics”: ”Man practices metaphysics”: Barthelme, Barthelme, Come Back, Dr. Caligari Come Back, Dr. Caligari, 93 (translated from the French).
page 206 ”Mr. Henry James writes fiction”: ”Mr. Henry James writes fiction”: Barthelme, ibid., 11. Barthelme, ibid., 11.
24. Lovely Old Picturesque Dirty Buildings page 207 ”learned to impersonate a Texan well enough”: ”learned to impersonate a Texan well enough”: ”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), 205.
page 207 ”New York is...our Paris”; ”I was one night congratulated by a prominent poet”: ”New York is...our Paris”; ”I was one night congratulated by a prominent poet”: Donald Barthelme, ”Terms of Estrangement,” in Donald Barthelme, ”Terms of Estrangement,” in Taking Stock: A Larry McMurtry Casebook Taking Stock: A Larry McMurtry Casebook, ed. Clay Reynolds (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1989), 104.
page 207 ”I could hear [his] loneliness as well”: ”I could hear [his] loneliness as well”: 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), 133. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2001), 133.
pages 207208 ”walked around for days” ”walked around for days” to to ”Sweetheart, I look forward eagerly”: ”Sweetheart, I look forward eagerly”: Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 135.
page 208 ”I really had no idea”: ”I really had no idea”: This and subsequent comments about Helen's time in New York are from ibid., 133144. This and subsequent comments about Helen's time in New York are from ibid., 133144.
page 212 ”Pop art was flowering”: ”Pop art was flowering”: Phillip Lopate, in a conversation with the author, October 29, 2004. Phillip Lopate, in a conversation with the author, October 29, 2004.
page 212 ”was just a.s.sumed”: ”was just a.s.sumed”: Lee Hall, Lee Hall, Elaine and Bill: Portrait of a Marriage Elaine and Bill: Portrait of a Marriage (New York: HarperCollins, 1993), 99. (New York: HarperCollins, 1993), 99.
page 212 ”We used to drink until all of the booze was gone”: ”We used to drink until all of the booze was gone”: ibid. ibid.
page 212 ”Openings in galleries had bars”: ”Openings in galleries had bars”: ibid. ibid.
<script>