Diane Ackerman to William H. Gass

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Ackerman, Diane. 1985. Diane Ackerman to William H. Gass. A Reading by Paul West, William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence, accessed March 5, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/gass/item/57529

Title: Diane Ackerman to William H. Gass
Description: Poet, essayist and naturalist Diane Ackerman was a friend of Gass’s and an admirer of his work. In this letter, she thanks him for his blurb on her new memoir about learning to fly an airplane. The “Paul” she refers to at the end is writer Paul West, her husband, fellow writer and Gass’s friend as well.
Date: 1985: June 19
Type: Correspondence
Format: Paper; jpeg file
Creator: Ackerman, Diane
Extent: 1 page
Language: English
Relation: A Reading by Paul West
Source: Accession: 2024-026; Acquired from: Mary Gass
Identifier: ms2024-026-ackerman-004
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/