Readings

Gass was not only a master of the written word, but of the performance of words as well. Internationally, Gass served as a visiting lecturer at over 150 institutes of higher education, gave readings at over 30 festivals and conferences, spoke at over 30 centers, hospitals, museums, etc., and delivered keynote addresses or participated in panels at over 50 conventions, associations, conferences and seminars. This is not even counting his frequent appearances at numerous local events, fundraisers, symposiums and conferences.

For an audio recording of Gass reading "We Have Not Lived the Right Life" at the University of North Dakota Writers Conference in 1975, click here.

For even more audio readings of excerpts from The Tunnel, see the Fiction: The Tunnel page of this exhibit. To hear an excerpt of Gass reading from "In the Heart of the Heart of the Country," go to the Graz Nord Amerika ‘82 item.

William H. Gass being painted by Philip Guston at Yaddo, 1969

Gass discussing literature and reading his fiction.

Willie Master's Lonesome Wife reading version

Gass reading "The Cost of Everything" from The Tunnel.

An announcement for readings by John Hawkes, William Gass and John Barth at the Centre Culturel Americain in Paris, France

"THe Habitations of the Word" lecture.

Broadside advertising a "River Styx at Duff's" event

KWMU Literary Profiles Radio Program.

Gass reading "At Death's Door" from The Tunnel.

Postcard invitation to "The Surface of the City"

In the Heat of the Heart of the Country Purdue University reading version

Gass reading from Middle C.

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