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The History of Literature #180 – Donald Barthelme
http://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL4377919286.mp3 Donald Barthelme’s “The Balloon” (1966) is one of the strangest and most enduring short stories to come out of the second half of the twentieth century. Filled with Barthelme’s gift for observation and detail, his wild imagination, and his playful wit, “The Balloon” represents for many the work of a postmodern master at Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #12 – The Tickets to the Premiere
It was during my study-abroad year in Bologna that my friend Roberto and I decided to write a musical. Not just for fun, not just for some school play or party or anything immature like that—no, we were going to be great and famous writers of musicals. Wilson & Benedetti! And why not us? Roberto Continue reading
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