Donald Barthelme: Author of The School, notorious alcoholic and an exceptional writer. Born on April 7th, 1931 in Philadelphia, PA. Barthelme spent much of his adult life in Houston. Among his accomplishments in Houston was being one of the original founders of The University of Houston Creative Writing program. I really liked researching my author. He was a very interesting guy. He was married four times, drunk a lot, and was an amazing author. Other than The School, he wrote many stories, I read "Me and Miss Mandible". The opening sentence draws you in, trust me. I found some quotes by him that I really liked:
"Write what you are afraid of."
I like this quote because it's inspiring. What do y'all think?
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"And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love." (Sixty Stories)
I like this quote, even though it was in one of his books, it relates back to his personal life. He got drunk a lot and he also must have been in love a lot, being married four times.
Overall, I really enjoyed researching my author and I love reading his writing and plan on reading more.
Great post Annie! I wonder if there is a possibility that his addiction to alcohol/multiple marriages was influenced by his experiences in writing or if his writing was influenced by the addiction/marriages. Also the quote "Write what you are afraid of", says a lot to me. I think it means that someone should deal with their fears by expressing their fear through writing, which may make it easier to deal with for some people.
ReplyDeleteGood job Annie! It really seems like you enjoyed researching Mr. Barthleme. He had a very interesting life from his ups to his downs. One point that could have made this post better was if it had a little more creativity for the typing.
ReplyDeleteNice post Annie! My answer to the quote, " Write what you are afraid of," is that it is a quote that makes you think. I think that if you write what you are afraid of, then it could turn out better than expected, things don't always turn out to be bad. Also, lots of good and factual information about Donald, Good job!
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