Barthelme intro

[jbor]

http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_barthelme.html

"[...] The rage behind it, provoked by the
ongoing spectacle of national politics in the U.S. as
presided over by anybody, is natural enough if you
look at the regimes Barthelme happened to be working
under. [...]"

That'd have to include JFK and LBJ too, wouldn't it?

There's also a more recent collection (1997) called _Not-Knowing: The Essays
and Interviews of Donald Barthelme_ (likewise edited by Kim Herzinger and a
companion volume to _The Teachings of Don B._ I believe), which has an
introduction written by John Barth (Barth makes mention of Pynchon's intro
to _The Teachings of Don B._ in his own intro). Also worth reading:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679741208/002-3911103-7699263
?v=glance

best