#donald barthelme

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Donald Barthelme

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Neil Cornwell, The Absurd in Literature

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“The writer,' said Donald Barthelme, 'is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do.' In this mode of not-knowing, the thick-torsoed, literal, and crew-cut mind is moved to the sidelines in favor of the swinging, perceptive, light-footed, tutu-wearing subconscious.”

― George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone (Riverhead Books, September 4, 2007) (via Alive on All Channels)

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Snow White by Donald Barthelme

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[transistoradio]

Donald Barthelme, “Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts” (Pocket Books, 1976), with cover art by Harry Bennett.