About John Barth
John Simmons Barth (; May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include The Sot-Weed Factor, a whimsical retelling of Maryland's colonial history; Giles Goat-Boy, a...
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Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.