Voice of America USIA Phone Interview

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Voice of America USIA. 1986. “Voice of America USIA Phone Interview”. Presented at the, William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/gass/item/57482

Title: Voice of America USIA Phone Interview
Description: On this Voice of America USIA phone interview from 1986, Gass answers questions about regionalism, philosophy and literature as sources of knowledge, modernism vs post-modernism, the relationship between author and critic, and more.; In clip_01 Gass addresses "postmodernism" ( in relation to architecture and literature). He says he is a "purified modernist" and that he and his contemporaries are a continuation of modernism rather than its opposite.; In clip_02 Gass discusses his recent experiences visiting writers in China and the Soviet Union, including his impressions of censorship and repression in both countries.
Date: 1986: June 26
Type: Sound Recording
Creator: Voice of America USIA
Extent: Clip 1: 07min 15sec
Language: Clip 2: 04min 40sec; Tape: 53min 55sec
Source: Accession: MS2024-001; Acquired from: Mary Gass
Identifier: MS2024-001_1336-01; MS2024-001_1336-02