Barthelme
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Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
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his brother Frederick, born 1943, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
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He was the smirking successor of Vonnegut and Barthelme, a big-idea humorist with some postmodern acrobatics tossed in.
From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2022
He grew up in Connecticut and Long Island during the ’60s and ’70s, the heyday of Barthelme, Pynchon, Gaddis and other avant-absurdists who feel present in “Antkind.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2020
Barthelme found the semicolon “ugly as a tick on a dog’s belly.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
A homegirl, a soul sister out-Barthing Barth, or Barthelme for that matter.
From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2018
The writings of Donald Barthelme, Kurt Vonnegut, and John Barthe are not casual reading, for sheer enjoyment or excitement.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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