Lorrie Moore writes about Donald Barthelme.

Podcast about her review.

Moore has a new book coming out in September.









Would be strange to have a book titled "Understanding (Insert Your Name Here)." Mine would be short. He's charming. Funny. Intelligent. Honest. Self-deprecating. Respectful of elders. A Roschachian crank about foreign dictatorships and despots. Not a realist in other words.