Items

• "My Memories of the Service"

  Recollections by William Gass about his time in the United States Navy during and immediately following World War II. Gass wrote the piece specifically for the "William Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence" digital exhibit.
• "The Habitations of the Word" Lecture

  Stanley Elkin introduces Gass and then Gass delivers his essay "The Habitations of the Word" to an audience in the Hurst Lounge on the Washington University in St. Louis campus.
• "Four Theories of Love" Lecture

  The first hour of Gass's lecture, titled "Four Theories of Love," delivered in Hurst Lounge on the Washington University in St. Louis campus. The theories of love are from Plato, Stendhal (19th Century French writer), Rainer Maria Rilke and Sigmund Freud.
• KWMU Literary Profiles Radio Program

  Interview with William Gass for the KWMU radio program, "Literary Profiles." Interviewed by Lorin Cuoco, Gass discusses his childhood, education, interest in writing and reading, philosophy and literature, etc. At the 10 minute mark Gass reads from Omensetter's Luck and discusses the book. At 15 minutes he discusses Habitations of the Word and essays in general. At 39 minutes he discusses The Tunnel. At 44 minutes he reads from In the Heart of the Heart of the Country. 
• "Beginnings" Lecture

  Gass lecture titled "Beginnings," delivered in Graham Chapel at Washington University in St. Louis, the first in the Assembly Series for the 1976-77 academic year.
• Launch of the audiobook recording of The Tunnel

  Launch of the audiobook recording of The Tunnel at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York, February 22, 2006. Features William H. Gass and Lorin Cuoco.
• William H. Gass reading "Today I Begin to Dig"

  William H. Gass reading "Today I Begin to Dig" from The Tunnel. Excerpt from the 2005 audio book recording. The Tunnel, Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 2005
• William H. Gass reading "A Fugue"

  William H. Gass reading "A Fugue," an excerpt from the author's 2005 audio book recording of The Tunnel.
• The American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit

  The American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit awarded to William H. Gass
• Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation - Braille edition

  Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation by William H. Gass, two-volume Braille edition produced by Braille International, Inc.
• Washington University David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities medal, 1979

  Washington University David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities medal awarded to William H. Gass, 1979.
• Washington University Class of 1971 Favorite Faculty Member award

  Washington University Class of 1971 Favorite Faculty Member award given to William H. Gass
• William H. Gass during World War II

  William H. Gass during World War II.
• William H. Gass at Clayton Studios during the recording of The Tunnel

  William H. Gass at Clayton Studios during the recording of The Tunnel. Photographs by Michael Eastman, 2005.
• A Temple of Texts: Essays Paperback Cover

  Paperback cover of A Temple of Texts: Essays by William H. Gass, Champaign : Dalkey Archive Press, 2007.
• The Forgotten Forest dust jacket

  Dust jacket of The Forgotten Forest, photographs by Michael Eastman and foreword by William H. Gass, New York: Witkin Gallery, 1992
• Typescript draft pages of Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife

  Typescript draft pages of Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife, from a set of drafts and fragments.
• "St. Louis Bound"

  Seven pages of a cover story by William H. Gass on St. Louis, in Travel Holiday, September 1993
• "Pop Culture, Phooey, Socrates Lives" by Robert Sanford

  Pop Culture, Phooey, Socrates Lives by Robert Sanford, St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 3, 1973.
• "On Being Photographed"

  "On Being Photographed" by William H. Gass, Webster Review, Volume 5, Number 2 (Fall 1980)