Donald Barthelme

Donald Barthelme (April 7, 1931 - July 23, 1989) was an American author of short fiction and novels. He also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston (1961-1962), and a professor at various universities.

Works

• Come Back, Dr. Caligari (stories), Little, Brown (Boston), 1964.
• Snow White (novel), Atheneum (New York City), 1967.
• Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (stories), Farrar, Straus (New York City), 1968.
• City Life (stories), Farrar, Straus, 1970.
• The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine or the Hithering Thithering Djinn (children's book), Farrar, Straus, 1971.
• Sadness (stories), Farrar, Straus, 1972.
• Guilty Pleasures (parodies and satire), Farrar, Straus, 1974.
• The Dead Father (novel), Farrar, Straus, 1975.
• Amateurs (stories), Farrar, Straus, 1976.
• Great Days (stories; also see below), Farrar, Straus, 1979.
• Sixty Stories, Putnam (New York City), 1981.
• Overnight to Many Distant Cities (stories), Putnam, 1983.
• Great Days (play; based on his story of the same title), first produced off-Broadway at American Place Theater, 1983.
• Paradise (novel), Putnam, 1986.
• Sam's Bar, Doubleday (New York City), 1987.
• Forty Stories, Putnam, 1987.
• The King, Harper (New York City), 1990.
• The Teachings of Don B.: Satires, Parodies, Fables, Illustrated Stories and Plays of Donald Barthelme, edited by Kim Herzinger, Turtle Bay Books (New York City), 1992.
• Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews of Donald Barthelme, Random House (New York City), 1997.