The Early Posthumous Work

by Steven Barthelme

A collection of essays and occasional pieces on gambling, teaching, snakes, dogs, cars, hitchhiking, marriage and sophistication, memory and work, and a dozen other subjects. One essay announces that the two dollar bill can buy happiness and reports some resistance to this discovery. Another studies the art of life as a ne'er-do-well, a sort of prequel to the "slacker" phenomenon, written and published in Austin, Texas. In yet another essay, everyone's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597093882
• ISBN13: 9781597093880
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Red Hen Press
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"