pages 172173 "cultural artifacts of ambivalent status"; "A baby blue styrofoam chrysanthemum": "cultural artifacts of ambivalent status"; "A baby blue styrofoam chrysanthemum": Cited in Kevin Cunningham, "L'Eclat du Hazard," Cited in Kevin Cunningham, "L'Eclat du Hazard," Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art, vol. 4, no. 1 (1991): 73.

page 173 "belong in the show": "belong in the show": ibid. ibid.

21. Dangling Man pages 174175 "myth that every Texan is in some sense a cowboy"; "ritual demands of the [cowboy]": "myth that every Texan is in some sense a cowboy"; "ritual demands of the [cowboy]": Donald Barthelme, "Culture, Etc.," in Donald Barthelme, "Culture, Etc.," in Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews, ed. Kim Herzinger (New York: Random House, 1997), 132135.

page 175 "tiny, vaguely Southern American republic": "tiny, vaguely Southern American republic": 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), 98. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2001), 98.

page 175 "establishment of a perfect state" "establishment of a perfect state" to " to " One of the disadvantages of being the richest man in the country One of the disadvantages of being the richest man in the country" : : Donald Barthelme, "Mr. Hunt's Wooly Utopia," in Donald Barthelme, "Mr. Hunt's Wooly Utopia," in Not-Knowing Not-Knowing, ed. Herzinger, 8385.

page 176 Don submitted his formal application: Don submitted his formal application: For the full text of the application, see For the full text of the application, see Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art, 4, no. 1 (1991): 38.

page 176 "Don relished the challenge of it": "Don relished the challenge of it": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 112.

page 176 "Every year something almost takes me to Texas": "Every year something almost takes me to Texas": Harold Rosenberg, letter to Donald Barthelme, April 5, 1961, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California. Harold Rosenberg, letter to Donald Barthelme, April 5, 1961, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California.

page 176 "The life-style in Texas": "The life-style in Texas": This and subsequent quotes from these two articles are in John Bainbridge, "The Super-American State," This and subsequent quotes from these two articles are in John Bainbridge, "The Super-American State," The New Yorker The New Yorker, March 11, 1961, 4780, and March 18, 1961, 79.

page 176 "It's cheering to find that you're not intimidated": "It's cheering to find that you're not intimidated": Donald Barthelme, letter to Harold Rosenberg, April 13, 1961, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California. Donald Barthelme, letter to Harold Rosenberg, April 13, 1961, Research Library, Getty Research Inst.i.tute, Los Angeles, California.

page 177 "free a.s.sociate[s], brilliantly, brilliantly": "free a.s.sociate[s], brilliantly, brilliantly": This and subsequent quotes from "Florence Green Is 81" are from Donald Barthelme, This and subsequent quotes from "Florence Green Is 81" are from Donald Barthelme, Come Back, Dr. Caligari Come Back, Dr. Caligari (Boston: Little, Brown, 1964), 316. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1964), 316.

page 177 "several prominent Houstonians": "several prominent Houstonians": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 94.

page 177 "Bloomsbury could now play"; "word would frequently disclose": "Bloomsbury could now play"; "word would frequently disclose": Barthelme, Barthelme, Come Back, Dr. Caligari Come Back, Dr. Caligari, 6781.

page 178 "hotel and its setting were bleak"; "treat": "hotel and its setting were bleak"; "treat": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 113.

page 178 "miserable...slipshod, shambling piers": "miserable...slipshod, shambling piers": Melville quoted in Phillip Lopate, Melville quoted in Phillip Lopate, Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan (New York: Crown Publishers, 2004), 21. (New York: Crown Publishers, 2004), 21.

page 179 "This was Don's first intimate contact"; "uncomfortable in the role of student": "This was Don's first intimate contact"; "uncomfortable in the role of student": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 114115.

page 179 "heart wasn't in it" "heart wasn't in it" to to "106 degrees": "106 degrees": James Atlas, James Atlas, Bellow Bellow (New York: Random House, 2000), 309310. (New York: Random House, 2000), 309310.

page 179 "saw him as the major American novelist of our time": "saw him as the major American novelist of our time": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 114.

page 179 "[T]hat summer, no one in the world mattered more": "[T]hat summer, no one in the world mattered more": This and subsequent Dworkin quotes are from Susan Dworkin, "The 'Great Man' Syndrome: Saul Bellow and Me," This and subsequent Dworkin quotes are from Susan Dworkin, "The 'Great Man' Syndrome: Saul Bellow and Me," Ms. Ms., March, 1977, 7273.

page 179 "I've lived in dirt": "I've lived in dirt": Atlas, Atlas, Bellow Bellow, 311.

page 179 " 'The Big Broadcast' and Don's reading of it": " 'The Big Broadcast' and Don's reading of it": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 113.

page 179 "Do you really believe": "Do you really believe": Atlas, Atlas, Bellow Bellow, 311.

page 180 "I myself have often been indignant": "I myself have often been indignant": ibid. ibid.

page 180 women writers who "wore their ovaries": women writers who "wore their ovaries": ibid. ibid.

page 180 "Don might have had": "Don might have had": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 115.

page 180 "filled with anguish": "filled with anguish": ibid., 116. In a letter to Elizabeth Bishop, Lowell described his conference experience: "Saul Bellow goes off for a long killing fiction-discussion meeting with the conference nymphomaniac, leaving me with the conference leech, who invites me to dinner. Supper: at six, after two minutes for drinks-more laundered food....From the next room belonging to my other colleague, Edward Albee, a playwright-the low endless Tennessee voice of the conference nymphomaniac reading aloud a play. At about four-thirty, all is quiet." (See Robert Lowell to Elizabeth Bishop, August 7, 1961, in ibid., 116. In a letter to Elizabeth Bishop, Lowell described his conference experience: "Saul Bellow goes off for a long killing fiction-discussion meeting with the conference nymphomaniac, leaving me with the conference leech, who invites me to dinner. Supper: at six, after two minutes for drinks-more laundered food....From the next room belonging to my other colleague, Edward Albee, a playwright-the low endless Tennessee voice of the conference nymphomaniac reading aloud a play. At about four-thirty, all is quiet." (See Robert Lowell to Elizabeth Bishop, August 7, 1961, in The Letters of Robert Lowell The Letters of Robert Lowell, ed. Saskia Hamilton [New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005], 387.) page 181 page 181 "I saw Don as more insecure": "I saw Don as more insecure": ibid., 114. ibid., 114.

page 181 "alluded to our marriage": "alluded to our marriage": ibid., 113114. ibid., 113114.

page 181 "I don't believe Sterling": "I don't believe Sterling": Lynn Nesbit, in an E-mail to the author, September 9, 2004. Lynn Nesbit, in an E-mail to the author, September 9, 2004.

page 181 "recommended Don": "recommended Don": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 115.

page 181 "had just been promoted "had just been promoted by by Sterling": Sterling": Lynn Nesbit, in an E-mail to the author, September 9, 2004. Lynn Nesbit, in an E-mail to the author, September 9, 2004.

pages 181182 "I was awed by the controlled madness"; "summon up the courage to publish"; "I was awed by the controlled madness"; "summon up the courage to publish"; "radically different approach": "radically different approach": Herman Gollob, Herman Gollob, Me and Shakespeare: Adventures with Me and Shakespeare: Adventures with the the Bard Bard (New York: Doubleday, 2002), 169. (New York: Doubleday, 2002), 169.

page 182 "sounds of intimacy, outrage and drinking": "sounds of intimacy, outrage and drinking": Robert Lowell to Elizabeth Bishop, August 7, 1961, in Robert Lowell to Elizabeth Bishop, August 7, 1961, in The Letters of Robert Lowell The Letters of Robert Lowell, ed. Hamilton, 387.

page 182 "alcoholic's attention span": "alcoholic's attention span": Pat Goeters, "Pulitzer Parable," an unpublished essay, in an E-mail to the author, April 22, 2004. Pat Goeters, "Pulitzer Parable," an unpublished essay, in an E-mail to the author, April 22, 2004.

page 182 "tendencies"; "serious"; "had more possibilities to do what he wanted": "tendencies"; "serious"; "had more possibilities to do what he wanted": Marilyn Gillet, in a conversation with the author, November 17, 2004. Marilyn Gillet, in a conversation with the author, November 17, 2004.

page 182 "was addicted, as was I": "was addicted, as was I": Gollob, Gollob, Me and Shakespeare Me and Shakespeare, 167.

page 183 "insight into the New York literary world"; "I could see that": "insight into the New York literary world"; "I could see that": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 116.

22. The Emerging Figure page 184 "in the work of the children of the de Kooning generation": "in the work of the children of the de Kooning generation": This and subsequent quotes from the catalog's introduction are from Donald Barthelme, "The Emerging Figure," in This and subsequent quotes from the catalog's introduction are from Donald Barthelme, "The Emerging Figure," in Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews, ed. Kim Herzinger (New York: Random House, 1997), 168169.

page 185 "barbaric yawp of American painting": "barbaric yawp of American painting": 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), 338. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), 338.

page 186 "A remarkable number of advertis.e.m.e.nts": "A remarkable number of advertis.e.m.e.nts": This and subsequent quotes from "The Case of the Vanishing Product" are from Donald Barthelme, "The Case of the Vanishing Product," in This and subsequent quotes from "The Case of the Vanishing Product" are from Donald Barthelme, "The Case of the Vanishing Product," in Not-Knowing Not-Knowing, ed. Herzinger, 136139.

page 186 "flew by the seat of [his] pants": "flew by the seat of [his] pants": 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 186 "structural katzenjammer": "structural katzenjammer": Hubert Roussell quoted in Helen Moore Barthelme, Hubert Roussell quoted in 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), 120. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2001), 120.

page 187 "Don had a nice bunch of friends": "Don had a nice bunch of friends": Kenneth Koch, "Getting to Know Donald Barthelme," Kenneth Koch, "Getting to Know Donald Barthelme," Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art, 4, no. 1 (1991): 142.

page 187 "This job at the museum": "This job at the museum": Barthelme quoted in Herman Gollob, Barthelme quoted in Herman Gollob, Me and Shakespeare: Adventures with the Bard Me and Shakespeare: Adventures with the Bard (New York: Doubleday, 2002), 169. (New York: Doubleday, 2002), 169.

page 187 He was "serious, older": He was "serious, older": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 124.

page 187 "[Don and I] spent a lot of time in the car": "[Don and I] spent a lot of time in the car": Koch, "Getting to Know Donald Barthelme," 142143. Koch, "Getting to Know Donald Barthelme," 142143.

page 188 "[We] were severely strained": "[We] were severely strained": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 126.

page 188 "pick up the check"; "pick up the check"; to to "Now you have something you can tell our grandchildren": "Now you have something you can tell our grandchildren": ibid., 124. ibid., 124.

page 188 "The E. de Kooning idea sounds fine": "The E. de Kooning idea sounds fine": 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 188 "Congenial and a good teacher": "Congenial and a good teacher": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme, 112.

pages 188189 "Elaine was vivacious" "Elaine was vivacious" to to "sometimes looked like a boorish drunk": "sometimes looked like a boorish drunk": Stevens and Swan, Stevens and Swan, De Kooning De Kooning, 213, 229, 277, 576577.

page 189 "I love Texans": "I love Texans": Elaine de Kooning quoted in Lee Hall, Elaine de Kooning quoted in Lee Hall, Elaine and Bill: Portrait of a Marriage Elaine and Bill: Portrait of a Marriage (New York: HarperCollins, 1993), 235. (New York: HarperCollins, 1993), 235.

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 friendship": "I spent the first several years of our friendship": 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.