Gass Reading from Middle C

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Washington University in St. Louis. 2013. “Gass Reading from Middle C.”, William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/gass/item/16184

Title: Gass Reading from Middle C
Description: A portion of Gass's reading at Washington University in St. Louis, titled "How to Behave Around Books." Gass read from an essay, "I Live in a Library," and excerpts from his newly-published novel, Middle C.

The reading was part of an event to celebrate Middle C and the exhibition in Special Collections, "William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence." A reception and book signing followed.

This video contains the first half of the Middle C portion of the reading. The entire reading, including introductory remarks by Joel Minor, the curator of the Modern Literature Collection, and William Danforth, Chancellor Emeritus, is available on YouTube.
Subject: Gass, William H., 1924---Middle C.
Creator: Washington University in St. Louis
Source: Modern Literature Recorded Multimedia Collection
Date: 2013: April 2
Contributor: Washington University in St. Louis; Joel Minor; William Danforth
Format: Moving Image; 1 mov file; 00:14:05
Language: English
Type: Motion Pictures
Identifier: GassReading-Part2-H.264 800Kbps Streaming.mov
Rights: In Copyright