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Artner, Alan G. “Barthelme on Men Versus Women: ‘Appreciating the Oddness of Things.'” Rev. of Second Marriage, by Frederick Barthelme. Chicago Tribune Book World (7 Oct. 1984): sec. 14: 7.
Atwood, Margaret. “Male and Lonely.” Rev. of Moon Deluxe, by Frederick Barthelme. New York Times Book Review (31 July 1983): 1, 22.
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Burroway, Janet. “Whatever Happens.” Rev. of The Brothers, by Frederick Barthelme. New York Times Book Review (10 October 1993): 15.
Carroll, Mary. Rev. of The Brothers. Booklist 90 (15 September 1993): 125.
De Haven, Tom. “Drive, She Said.” Rev. of Painted Desert. New York Times Book Review (24 September 1995).
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Harvey, Miles. “Books: Vengeance and Cactus.” Rev. of Painted Desert. Outside Magazine(October 1995).
Kaufmann, James. “Brand-Name Blues.” Rev. of Tracer, by Frederick Barthelme. Washington Post Book World (28 July 1985): 11.
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Loewinsohn, Ron. “Looking for Love After Marriage.” Rev. of Second Marriage, by Frederick Barthelme. New York Times Book Review (30 Sep. 1984): 1, 43.
“Love’s Labor Lost.” Rev. of Second Marriage, by Frederick Barthelme. Newsweek (1 Oct. 1984): 87-88.
MacFarlane, David. “Adrift in a Modern Dream.” Rev. of Moon Deluxe, by Frederick Barthelme. MacLean’s (8 Aug. 1983): 51.
Percesepe, Gary. Rev. of The Brothers. Antioch Review 52 (Spring 1994): 369.
Pesetsky, Bette. “Rites of Shopping.” Rev. of Chroma, by Frederick Barthelme. New York Times Book Review (3 May 1987): 12.
Peters, Timothy. “The Eighties Pastoral: Frederick Barthelme’s Moon Deluxe Ten Years On.” Studies in Short Fiction 31.2 (Spring 1994): 175-95.
Prado, Holly. Rev. of Tracer, by Frederick Barthelme. Los Angeles Times Book Review(6 Oct. 1985): 14.
Prose, Francine. “Each Man Hates the Women He Loves.” Rev. of Two Against One, by Frederick Barthelme. New York Times Book Review (13 November 1988): 9.
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