tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104552703714268853.post8633365221830732279..comments2010-01-11T22:37:35.383-05:00Comments on Better Chatter: Donald BarthelmeJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10018380141668632342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104552703714268853.post-11321243903389575832007-10-04T14:38:00.000-04:002007-10-04T14:38:00.000-04:00My favorites are Colby and Batman. I read them in ...My favorites are Colby and Batman. <BR/>I read them in your copy of 60 stories, i think!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589482747194478653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104552703714268853.post-20710893162555117652007-10-03T14:14:00.000-04:002007-10-03T14:14:00.000-04:00Barthelme is the man! If you haven't read him, you...Barthelme is the man! If you haven't read him, you must, and soon.<BR/><BR/>The School is one of my all-time favorite stories, as it manages to be funny and sad and about death and the circle of life in about 3 pages. <BR/><BR/>One that you didn't mention that I also love is At the Tolstoy Museum, which has an all-time great first line: "At the Tolstoy Museum we sat and wept. Paper streamers came out of our eyes." Another 5 page story that ends being about something profound, namely the crisis of post-modernism. <BR/><BR/>The man is awesome, and his novels are good too. The Dead Father in particular. But the 2 story collections Josh wisely recommends are the place to start.MDDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388767818784073710noreply@blogger.com