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“Is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said, no, life is that which gives meaning to life.” — Donald Barthelme, "Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby,," The Newyorker (01973-05-18)
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“Write about what you're afraid of.”
“The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart.”
✒️ #DonaldBarthelme, American writer, was #BOTD 7 April 1931. #Literature
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they said is death that which gives meaning to life…I said,no,life is that which gives meaning to life…they said,but isn't death,considered as a fundamental datum,the means by which the taken-for-granted mundanity of the everyday may be transcended in the direction of-
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social and #MarkMirsky sat down at #CCNY in November 2024 to discuss #writing, #publishing, #DonaldBarthelme, and more.
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“The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it.” — Donald Barthelme, "The educational experience," Harper’s Magazine (01973-06)
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Is it the case that, on a certain morning, the garbage cans of the entire city, the garbage cans of the entire country, are overflowing with empty champagne bottles?
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#DonaldBarthelme
"Write about what you're afraid of."
✒ #DonaldBarthelme, American short story writer and novelist, #DOTD 23 July 1989. #Literature
“Write about what you're afraid of.”
“The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart.”
✒️ #DonaldBarthelme, American writer, was #BOTD 7 April 1931. #Literature
A great joy & an inspiration to me was #DonaldBarthelme. I have a longish essay on his work.