Most males of his generation went into journalism because that’s what Hemingway had done.
Click play to listen. Recorded on November 8, 2009.
Fans of The New Yorker fiction writer Donald Barthelme (1931-1989) are in for a treat. Long a favorite of fellow writers, Barthelme has recently enjoyed a happy public revival with the publication of Tracy Daugherty’s critically acclaimed biography, Hiding Man (2009). In celebration of Barthelme’s work, Daugherty joins novelist Jonathan Lethem and the Festival's artistic director Lawrence Weschler in round-robin readings, history, and thoughts on The New Yorker and the nature of the genre.
Image by Cristiana Couceira from The New York Times's review of Hiding Man
