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Donald Barthelme's 81 Books Essential for a Literary Education

The list has a somewhat illustrious heritage. Compiled by postmodernist writer Donald Barthelme for his students at the University of Houston, it then made its way to Barthelme's student, Southern writer Padgett Powell. The list then came to Moffett when he was a student of Powell's at the University of Florida.
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At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds
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The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
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The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel (Isaac Babel)
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel (Isaac Babel)
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Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
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Other Inquisitions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Other Inquisitions (Jorge Luis Borges)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Correction (Thomas Bernhard)
Correction (Thomas Bernhard)
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Nog (Rudolph Wurlitzer)
Nog (Rudolph Wurlitzer)
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Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
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The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
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"The Lady of the Lake" by Bernard Malamud
"The Lady of the Lake" by Bernard Malamud
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The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano
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Malloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable: A Trilogy- Samuel Beckett
Malloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable: A Trilogy- Samuel Beckett
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Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
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I'm Not Stiller
I'm Not Stiller
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Man in the Holocene
Man in the Holocene
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Seven Gothic Tales
Seven Gothic Tales
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Gogol's Wife and Other Stories
Gogol's Wife and Other Stories
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V (Thomas Pynchon)
V (Thomas Pynchon)
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The Lime Twig (John Hawkes)
The Lime Twig (John Hawkes)
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Blood Oranges (John Hawkes)
Blood Oranges (John Hawkes)
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Little Disturbances (Grace Paley)
Little Disturbances (Grace Paley)
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Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (Grace Paley)
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (Grace Paley)
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I, Etc. (Susan Sontag)
I, Etc. (Susan Sontag)
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Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle
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The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
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Henderson the Rain King (Eugene Henderson)
Henderson the Rain King (Eugene Henderson)
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The Coup
The Coup
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Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
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The Paris Review Interviews (Various)
The Paris Review Interviews (Various)
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How We Live (L. Rust Hill)
How We Live (L. Rust Hill)
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Superfiction (Joe David Bellamy)
Superfiction (Joe David Bellamy)
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Pushcart Prize Anthologies (The Pushcart Prize Editors)
Pushcart Prize Anthologies (The Pushcart Prize Editors)
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The Writer on Her Work (Janet Sternburg (Editor))
The Writer on Her Work (Janet Sternburg (Editor))
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Manifestoes of Surrealism
Manifestoes of Surrealism
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The Writings of Robert Motherwell (Robert Motherwell)
The Writings of Robert Motherwell (Robert Motherwell)
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Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
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A Homemade World (Hugh Kenner)
A Homemade World (Hugh Kenner)
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George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters (George Sand and Gustave Flaubert)
George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters (George Sand and Gustave Flaubert)
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