Donald Barthelme

16 Podcast Episodes

S6 Ep. 22: More to Say: Ann Beattie on Her New Collection of Essays, Donald Barthelme, and the Chinese Spy Balloon

S6 Ep. 22: More to Say: Ann Beattie on Her New Collection of Essays, Donald Barthelme, and the Chinese Spy Balloon

Acclaimed fiction writer Ann Beattie joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her recent LitHub... Read more

2 Mar 2023

46mins

Donald Antrim Reads Donald Barthelme 2021

Donald Antrim Reads Donald Barthelme 2021

Donald Antrim joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Balloon,” by Donald Barthelme, which was published in The ... Read more

1 Oct 2021

37mins

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Literature: The School by Donald Barthelme

Literature: The School by Donald Barthelme

TLS learns about the birds and the bees, and how they and everything else will eventually die in this short New Yorker s... Read more

17 Mar 2021

40mins

Reading Donald Barthelme #1

Reading Donald Barthelme #1

[EP 60] In this episode, I read just a little selection from a story by one of my favorite American short story writers!... Read more

18 Nov 2020

8mins

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029: “The School” by Donald Barthelme

029: “The School” by Donald Barthelme

If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining our Patreon. Your support helps us keep the show running. Find out more at... Read more

1 Apr 2020

21mins

Game By Andy Boyd From The Story By Donald Barthelme

Game By Andy Boyd From The Story By Donald Barthelme

Sam Simone and Alexander Stene read Game, by Andy Boyd, adapted from the story by Donald Barthelme.

27 Mar 2020

8mins

Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby by Donald Barthelme, Episode 006

Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby by Donald Barthelme, Episode 006

'I said that although hanging Colby was almost certainly against the law, we had a perfect moral right to do so because ... Read more

22 Jan 2020

11mins

180 Donald Barthelme

180 Donald Barthelme

Donald Barthelme’s “The Balloon” (1966) is one of the strangest and most enduring short stories to come out of the secon... Read more

20 Feb 2019

1hr 1min

Fan's Notes Episode 24: Donald Barthelme / Draft Lottery

Fan's Notes Episode 24: Donald Barthelme / Draft Lottery

In this second installment of the Short Corner, our biweekly series in which we read a short story instead of a novel, w... Read more

19 May 2017

58mins

“The School” from Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme

“The School” from Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme

A story that tells me to not take life and death too seriously. You can read the story yourself here. https://archive.or... Read more

7 Apr 2017

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