Items

• Organizational Notes for The Tunnel

  Printout of outline for the philippics and levels of organization in The Tunnel. Also includes a structural description and notes on the text, form and issues in the novel.
• Literary St. Louis: A Guide

  Literary St. Louis: A Guide edited by Lorin Cuoco and William H. Gass, International Writers Center and Missouri Historical Society Press. Distributed by University of Missouri Press, 2000. Featured articles concerning Stanley Elkin and Howard Nemerov.
• The Day After a Day of Readings, International Writers Center, April 29, 2001

  The Day After a Day of Readings, International Writers Center, April 29, 2001. Photograph by Michael Eastman. Featuring Algerian novelist Assia Djebar, German writer Ingo Schulze, British poet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw, professor of German and comparative literature Gerhild Williams, associate director of the International Writers Center Lorin Cuoco, and William H. Gass.
• "Loss and Gain" by Jack Kroll, Newsweek

  "Loss and Gain," review of In the Heart of the Heart of the Country by William H. Gass by Jack Kroll, Newsweek.
• "Born to Be a Loser" by Thorpe Menn, The Kansas City Star

  "Born to Be a Loser," review of Omensetter's Luck by William H. Gass by Thorpe Menn, The Kansas City Star.
• "Country of the Heart," Newsweek

  "Country of the Heart," review of Omensetter's Luck by William H. Gass, Newsweek.
• "From Some Ashes No Bird Rises" - Tearsheet

  First page of "From Some Ashes No Bird Rises" essay by William H. Gass, reviewing Phoenix and Phoenix II by D.H. Lawrence.
• "Opposing Camps" - William H. Gass and John Gardner

  An excerpt of William H. Gass and John Gardner discussion at a fiction festival at the University of Cincinnati, published in The New York Times Magazine, July 8, 1979
• "In the Country of Dreams, Longings, Regrets," review of In the Heart of the Heart of the Country by Eliot Fremont-Smith

  "In the Country of Dreams, Longings, Regrets," review by Eliot Fremont-Smith of In the Heart of the Heart of the Country by William H. Gass, The New York Times.
• "Inside Trivia" review by Frederic Morton

  "Inside Trivia" by Frederic Morton, a review of In the Heart of the Heart of the Country by William H. Gass, The New York Times Book Review
• "Philosopher-Critic Joining Washington U. Faculty," St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  "Philosopher-Critic Joining Washington U. Faculty," St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• "William Gass...A Man Who Says What He Thinks," Purdue People

  "William Gass...A Man Who Says What He Thinks," Purdue People, University News Service, Purdue University, Number 13 (December 1967).
• "Stretched on the Rack of the Midwest" review by George P. Elliott of In the Heart of the Heart of the Country

  "Stretched on the Rack of the Midwest" review by George P. Elliott of In the Heart of the Heart of the Country by William H. Gass, The Nation, April 29, 1968.
• "Unique Novel Will Be Completed in London"

  "Unique Novel Will Be Completed in London" article discusses William H. Gass's Rockefeller Foundation grant for completing "The Clairvoyant," as well as Gass being among the original 15 writers being collected for the newly established Modern Literature Collection. The newspaper is unidentified on the clipping but is likely from Purdue or West Lafayette.
• Accent, Volume 18, Number 1 (Winter 1958) prospectus

  Accent, Volume 18, Number 1 (Winter 1958) prospectus. Promotes William H. Gass's "Mrs. Mean," "The Triumph of Israbestis Tott," and "The High Brutality of Good Intentions."    
• MetroLines: Transit Poetry from Around the World

  MetroLines: Transit Poetry from Around the World, an exhibit featuring mass transit poetry posters. Reception and reading sponsered by the International Writers Center and Arts in Transit, January 24, 1996
• "Literary Awards Banquet, Outstanding Writers Honored" by Bob Metzger

  "Literary Awards Banquet, Outstanding Writers Honored" by Bob Metzger, The Purdue Exponent, Volume 83, Number 128 (May 3, 1968).
• The Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis 23rd Annual Freud Memorial Lecture "The Soul Inside the Sentence"

  The Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis 23rd Annual Freud Memorial Lecture delivered by William H. Gass who discussed "The Soul Inside the Sentence," April 13, 1976.
• Proust Colloquium, Washington University Department of Romance Languages

  Proust Colloquium, Washington University Department of Romance Languages, April 6-7, 1984.
• The Solomon Katz Distinguished Lecturers in the Humanities Series announcement, "The Eye is the First Circle"

  Announcement of a lecture by Gass, "The Eye is the First Circle," as part of The Solomon Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities Series, at The University of Washington.