Frederick Barthelme

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Fredrick Barthelme
Born (1943-10-10) October 10, 1943 (age 80)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
Alma mater Johns Hopkins University
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Fredrick Barthelme (born October 10, 1943)[ citation needed ] is an American novelist and short story writer of minimalist fiction. He is the director of the Center For Writers at The University of Southern Mississippi and editor of New World Writing [1] (formerly Blip Magazine ) [2]

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Early life

Barthelme was born in Houston, Texas. [2]

Life and work

Barthelme was a founding member of the avant-garde experimental rock band the Red Krayola, and left the band to pursue writing and conceptual art in New York. [3] [4] [5]

His writing focuses on the landscape of the New South. Along with being a minimalist, his work has also been described as "dirty realism" and "Kmart realism". [6] He published his first short story in The New Yorker. [7]

Barthelme was the editor of Mississippi Review for three years. [8] He is the director of the Center For Writers at The University of Southern Mississippi and editor of New World Writing [1] (formerly Blip Magazine ). [2]

Personal life

His brothers Donald Barthelme and Steven Barthelme are also writers.

Publications

Novels

Story collections

Memoirs

Screenplays

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 "Our Name Change". newworldwriting.net. December 13, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Fredrick Barthelme". The Mississippi Writers Page. The University of Mississippi, English Department. November 11, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
  3. "Mayo Thompson Interview Part 1". richieunterberger.com (Interview).
  4. "The Red Krayola - The Parable of Arable Land/God Bless the Red Krayola & All Who Sail with It Album Reviews, Songs & More", AllMusic, retrieved 2023-05-03
  5. "The Red Krayola: The Parable of Arable Land / God Bless The Red Krayola and All Who Sail with It". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  6. "Southernscribe.com". www.southernscribe.com.
  7. "Archived copy". The New Yorker . Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2020-02-18.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Barthelme's Departure Leaves the 'Mississippi Review' in Limbo - PageView - the Chronicle of Higher Education". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-07-21.

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