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And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love.

Donald Barthelme

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Donald Barthelme
Age: 58 †
Born: 1931
Born: April 7
Died: 1989
Died: July 23
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Philosopher
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Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Drunker
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Getting
Love

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