Donald Barthelme (1931–1989) American writer, editor, and professor
“Snow White” [play], p. 324.
The Teachings of Don. B: Satires, Parodies, Fables, Illustrated Stories, and Plays of Donald Barthelme (1992)
“Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.”
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