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and essays. His published works include ''And He Tells the Little Horse the Whole Story'', ''Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss'' (with brother

Frederick Barthelme Fredrick Barthelme (born October 10, 1943) is an American novelist and short story writer, well-known as one of the seminal writers of minimalist fiction. Alongside his personal publishing history, his position as Director of The Center For Write ...

), and ''The Early Posthumous Work'' (essays which originally appeared in ''

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also became notable authors. His father, Donald Barthelme, Sr., was a well-known

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. He won

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s in 1993 and 2005, and in 2004 he won the Texas Institute of Letters Short Story Award for work published in ''

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''. Barthelme is said to write in a distinctive "post-Southern" style. He is the former director of The Center for Writers at

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Bibliography

Collections

* ''And He Tells the Little Horse the Whole Story''. Johns Hopkins, 1987. * ''The Early Posthumous Work''. Red Hen Press, 2010. * ''Hush Hush: Stories''. Melville House, 2012.

Nonfiction

* 'White Guy.' Brevity, 2011. * 'Talent and Fifty Cents'. Essay Daily, 2014 * ''Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss''. Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

Awards

*Pushcart Prize, short story, "Claire," from Yale Review, 2005 *Listed in "100 Distinguished Short Stories" Best American Short Stories 2004, 2004 *Texas Institute of Letters, Short Story Award. "Claire," 2004 *Mississippi Arts Commission Artist's Fellowship, Fiction, 2000 *Texas Institute of Letters, O.Henry Award for Magazine Journalism, "Good Losers" rom The New Yorker, co-authored with Frederick Barthelme 2000

References

External links

Center for Writers at USM

Faculty Profile

Author Page at Melville House

Red Hen Press
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