Part 46 (2/2)
page 373 ”hurl great flaming buckets”: ”hurl great flaming buckets”: Barthelme, Barthelme, Here in the Village Here in the Village, 910.
page 373 ”I've just put the cat in the refrigerator”: ”I've just put the cat in the refrigerator”: Karen Kennerly, in a conversation with the author, June 19, 2004. Karen Kennerly, in a conversation with the author, June 19, 2004.
page 373 ”on the off-chance it was Solzhenitsyn”: ”on the off-chance it was Solzhenitsyn”: Thomas Pynchon, undated note to Donald Barthelme, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries. pages 373374 Thomas Pynchon, undated note to Donald Barthelme, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries. pages 373374 ”What's your time, sugar”; ”[I]f there are prisons”: ”What's your time, sugar”; ”[I]f there are prisons”: Grace Paley, Grace Paley, Just As I Thought Just As I Thought (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998), 2430. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998), 2430.
page 374 ”It's going to be pretty” ”It's going to be pretty” to to ”She wasn't a girl, really”: ”She wasn't a girl, really”: Barthelme, Barthelme, Here in the Village Here in the Village,1115.
page 375 ”Don was a very active, astute, literary politician”; ”Don was a very active, astute, literary politician”; ” ”Once he enlisted me”: Renata Adler, Renata Adler, Gone: The Last Days of The New Yorker Gone: The Last Days of The New Yorker (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 80. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 80.
page 375 ”My dearest dream”: A Companion to Walt Whitman ”My dearest dream”: A Companion to Walt Whitman. Donald D. k.u.mmings, ed. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006). page 376 ”We writers...are trustees”: ”We writers...are trustees”: This and subsequent quotes detailing the history of PEN are from ”Historical Sketch,” cited on the ”PEN American Center Archives” page at This and subsequent quotes detailing the history of PEN are from ”Historical Sketch,” cited on the ”PEN American Center Archives” page at ier et al., ”Some Bridge of Meaning: A Conversational Interview with Joseph McElroy,” Marc Chenetier et al., ”Some Bridge of Meaning: A Conversational Interview with Joseph McElroy,” Revues d'etudes Anglophones Revues d'etudes Anglophones (Universite d'Orleans), Autumn 2001, 13. (Universite d'Orleans), Autumn 2001, 13.
page 384 Corey, who spouted nonsense for several minutes: Corey, who spouted nonsense for several minutes: See Irwin Corey's acceptance speech, posted at See Irwin Corey's acceptance speech, posted at /casebooks/case book_swim/anspaugh.html.
pages 389390 Michel Foucault; Jacques Derrida: Michel Foucault; Jacques Derrida: See Peter Schwenger, ”Barthelme, Freud, and the Killing of Kafka's Father,” in See Peter Schwenger, ”Barthelme, Freud, and the Killing of Kafka's Father,” in Fictions of Masculinity: Crossing Cultures, Crossing s.e.xualities Fictions of Masculinity: Crossing Cultures, Crossing s.e.xualities, ed. Peter Murphy (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994), 5773.
page 390 ”poker chip”: ”poker chip”: Barthelme, Barthelme, The Dead Father The Dead Father, 36.
page 390 ” ”It is through the name of the father name of the father”: Jacques Lacan quoted in Anspaugh, ”Who Killed James Joyce?” Jacques Lacan quoted in Anspaugh, ”Who Killed James Joyce?”
page 390 ”What is your totem?”; eating the Dead Father: ”What is your totem?”; eating the Dead Father: Barthelme, Barthelme, The Dead Father The Dead Father,150; 74.
page 390 ”Patricide is a bad idea”: ”Patricide is a bad idea”: ibid., 145. ibid., 145.
page 391 ”a hundred dollars” for a ”feeling”: ”a hundred dollars” for a ”feeling”: Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Come Back, Dr. Caligari Come Back, Dr. Caligari (Boston: Little, Brown, 1964), 63. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1964), 63.
page 391 the ”kind of life” she has ”imagined”: the ”kind of life” she has ”imagined”: Barthelme, Barthelme, The Dead Father The Dead Father, 169.
page 391 ”life itself in contempt”: ”life itself in contempt”: This and subsequent Kramer quotes are from Hilton Kramer, ”Barthelme's Comedy of Patricide,” This and subsequent Kramer quotes are from Hilton Kramer, ”Barthelme's Comedy of Patricide,” Commentary Commentary 62 (1976): 56. 62 (1976): 56.
page 392 ”state of crisis”: ”state of crisis”: This and subsequent quotes from the conference at the Library of Congress are from This and subsequent quotes from the conference at the Library of Congress are from The Publication of Poetry and Fiction: A Conference (October 20 and 21, 1975) The Publication of Poetry and Fiction: A Conference (October 20 and 21, 1975) (Was.h.i.+ngton, D. C.: Library of Congress, 1977). (Was.h.i.+ngton, D. C.: Library of Congress, 1977).
page 393 ”not very happy”; ”I keep remembering what Faulkner said”: ”not very happy”; ”I keep remembering what Faulkner said”: Walker Percy, letter to Donald Barthelme, March 14, 1975, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries. Walker Percy, letter to Donald Barthelme, March 14, 1975, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries.
page 393 ”Well, it's tough luck for you”: ”Well, it's tough luck for you”: This and subsequent quotes from the symposium on fiction are from ”A Symposium on Fiction,” in This and subsequent quotes from the symposium on fiction are from ”A Symposium on Fiction,” in Not-Knowing Not-Knowing, ed. Herzinger, 5882.
page 394 ”Thanks for getting me to Va.”: ”Thanks for getting me to Va.”: Walker Percy, letter to Donald Barthelme, November 5, 1975, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries. Walker Percy, letter to Donald Barthelme, November 5, 1975, Special Collections and Archives, University of Houston Libraries.
page 394 ”Over the past 10 years”: ”Over the past 10 years”: Jerome Klinkowitz, ”The Dead Father,” Jerome Klinkowitz, ”The Dead Father,” The New Republic The New Republic, November 29, 1975, 3536.
page 394 ”flick...scenes onto the page”: ”flick...scenes onto the page”: Unsigned book review, Unsigned book review, The New Yorker The New Yorker, November 24, 1975, 194.
page 394 ”always witty, and occasionally beautiful”: ”always witty, and occasionally beautiful”: Peter S. Prescott, ”Pater Noster,” Peter S. Prescott, ”Pater Noster,” Newsweek Newsweek, November 3, 1975, 90.
page 394 ”he provides a way of listening”: ”he provides a way of listening”: Richard Todd, ”Daddy, you're perfectly swell!” Richard Todd, ”Daddy, you're perfectly swell!” The Atlantic Monthly The Atlantic Monthly (December 1975): 112. (December 1975): 112.
page 394 ”The Dead Father ”The Dead Father is the author's most sustained, ambitious and successful work is the author's most sustained, ambitious and successful work” : New York Times Book Review : New York Times Book Review, December 28, 1975, 1.
pages 394395 ”[Y]ou d.a.m.ned critics” ”[Y]ou d.a.m.ned critics” to to ”and let us have a drink”: ”and let us have a drink”: Donald Barthelme, letter to Jerome Klinkowitz, May 5, 1975, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware. Donald Barthelme, letter to Jerome Klinkowitz, May 5, 1975, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
page 395 ”Don's neighborhood”: ”Don's neighborhood”: This and subsequent Klinkowitz quotes are from Jerome Klinkowitz, This and subsequent Klinkowitz quotes are from Jerome Klinkowitz, Keeping Literary Company: Working with Writers Since the Sixties Keeping Literary Company: Working with Writers Since the Sixties (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998), 103133. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998), 103133.
page 397 ”I married. Oh, did I marry”: ”I married. Oh, did I marry”: Barthelme, Barthelme, The Dead Father The Dead Father, 57.
45. Downtown page 398 America's longest, and most ignominious, war: America's longest, and most ignominious, war: For an incisive short account of the Vietnam War, see George C. Herring, For an incisive short account of the Vietnam War, see George C. Herring, America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 19501975 America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 19501975 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986). page 398 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986). page 398 ”The greatest dissonance of my adult lifetime was the Vietnam war”: ”The greatest dissonance of my adult lifetime was the Vietnam war”: Heidi Ziegler, ”Donald Barthelme,” in Heidi Ziegler, ”Donald Barthelme,” in The Radical Imagination and the Liberal Tradition: Interviews with American and English Novelists The Radical Imagination and the Liberal Tradition: Interviews with American and English Novelists, ed. Heidi Ziegler and Christopher Bigley (London: Junction Books, 1982), 44.
page 398 ”Fragments are the only forms I trust”: ”Fragments are the only forms I trust”: Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories Sixty Stories (New York: Putnam, 1981), 98. (New York: Putnam, 1981), 98.
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