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Wacky Mode

Posted on October 17, 2009 by andrewleland

“We have wacky mode,” Powell remembers Barthelme saying to his class, a writing workshop Powell was taking. “What must wacky mode do?” The students, clueless, stayed quiet. Barthelme said, “Break their hearts.”

Dan Halpern on Padgett Powell in the NYT

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