Barthelme, the Houstonian(theparisreview.org)
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Barthelme, the Houstonian
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/05/22/barthelme-the-houstonian/
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It seems like a bit of a miss not to note that the web site there is the personal site of paleo-Internet figure Jessamyn West:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessamyn_West_(librarian)
West is plenty notable on her own, but in THIS particular crowd here at HN, it's probably fun to note that her dad was first-wave computer engineer Tom West, who was a big part of Tracy Kidder's SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_West
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessamyn_West_(librarian)
West is plenty notable on her own, but in THIS particular crowd here at HN, it's probably fun to note that her dad was first-wave computer engineer Tom West, who was a big part of Tracy Kidder's SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_West
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine
The page above that has more info and other stories: https://www.jessamyn.com/barth/