Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Frederick Barthelme

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American novelist Frederick Barthelme.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Fredrick Barthelme is an American novelist and short story writer, well-known as one of the seminal writers of minimalist fiction. Alongside his personal publishing history, his position as Director of The Center For Writers at The University of Southern Mississippi and editor of the nationally prominent literary journal Mississippi Review have placed him at the forefront of the contemporary American literary scene. He is currently the editor of New World Writing

American - Novelist | Born: October 10, 1943

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Meg Pokrass writes like a brain looking for a body. Wonderful, dark, unforgiving.

Frederick Barthelme

There is a feeling of disbelief that comes over you, that takes over, and you kind of go through the motions. You do what you're supposed to do, but in fact you're not there at all.

Frederick Barthelme

Glimpses is dead-on about the high and tight nineties even as it reaches out for the sweet hereafter of the sixties. It longs for something better, and finds it, I guess, as much as anything is ever found anymore. It's a mean, sweet, wry, and disturbing book, in equal portions.

Frederick Barthelme

A computer is a wonderful and friendly machine, because it's always just a little better than you are. You're always a little bit behind, but it stays right there with you anyway. It allows you to make the mistakes, and then to try to find out what the mistakes are, and then to repair the mistakes. It's always your friend. It quits on you, but it doesn't leave the apartment.

Frederick Barthelme

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Frederick Barthelme

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