SOURCE: Roe, Barbara L. “Part 1: The Short Fiction.” In Donald Barthelme: The Short Fiction, pp. 3-93. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992.
In the following excerpt, Roe surveys Barthelme's later fiction and reflects on his legacy as a short fiction author.
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