William H. Gass

Interview: William H. Gass - Midwestern Gothic

WHG: I am tired of the world. Every morning a new murder to enjoy. Shall it be pistol or poison? Its liars are no longer amusing. Believers are unfunny clowns.

William H. Gass | New Directions Publishing

Novelist William H. Gass, a friend and colleague of the author, has written an introduction that shines new light on the work and career of the much praised but ...

William H. Gass - Baroque Prose - Socrates on the Beach

William H. Gass—essayist, novelist, literary critic—was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He is the author of seven works of fiction and nine books of essays ...

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It's easy to suggest what other work might have been included in this collection, but its bulk and variety is enough to nudge the reader to read his novels and ...

Let Us Now Praise William Gass's Greatest Work | 12 Winters Blog

This paper was presented at the American Literature Association Conference in Chicago, May 2024, as part of the "William H. Gass at 100" ...

'Interview with William H. Gass' interviewed by Chris Orlet

WHG: My library is an accumulator's library. I have one room in my house devoted to the French and one to the German. I live in a rather large house, thank God.

William H. Gass - Penguin Random House

William H. Gass was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He is the author of seven works of fiction, nine books of essays, and a book of conversations. Gass was...

Tag: William H Gass - A Personal Anthology

His début novel, Blood and Bone, won the Viva La Novella Prize in his native Australia, and his follow-up, At the Edge of the Solid World, was published to ...

William H. Gass - Hachette Book Group

William Gass is the author of several books of fiction as well as books of essays. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Get recommended reads, deals, and more from ...

William H. Gass - An und für sich

He is quick to applaud your overall attitude (for the most part, of course) (on the whole) (by and large) (in the main). Meanwhile, he has so effectively ...

William H. Gass - Literary Arts | Brown University

William H. Gass is the distinguished author of three novels (Omensetter's Luck, Willie Masters' Lonely Wife, and The Tunnel); two volumes of short stories ...

The William H. Gass reader. (Book) - Arlington Public Library

Here is a rich experience of Gass' short fiction: from Eyes, his masterfully crafted novella, "In Camera," about collecting, hording; about suspicions run amok ...

Why you should read: William H Gass | Books | The Guardian

The novelist, critic and philosopher is a difficult read – but even at 91 he is able to create novellas of startling beauty, as in his ...

The Tunnel at 25 – An Online Symposium Dedicated to William H ...

David AuerbachGreg GerkeSteven G. KellmanJohn MaderaJoel MinorTed MorrisseyAlec Nevala-LeeJoy WilliamsTim YoudJosh Zajdman William H. Gass's novel The ...

William H. Gass's Finding a Form - BOMB Magazine

These essays are all of a piece, a gargantuan and unified analysis of what it means to make books, to play with words, to write well.

Troubling Company: On "The William H. Gass Reader"

We have art, music, fiction, philosophy, and poetry, works such as those of Gass to measure us, keep us beautiful but troubling company.

William H. Gass … | Routine Matters - WordPress.com

William H. Gass ... William Howard Gass (born July 30, 1924) is an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, critic, ...

The Tunnel (novel) - Wikipedia

The Tunnel is a 1995 novel by the American author William H. Gass. The novel took 26 years to write and earned him the American Book Award of 1996, ...

William H. Gass' Finding a Form - Artforum

This is his fourth collection of essays on literature and philosophy, and it comes, surprisingly quickly, on the heels of the publication of The Tunnel.

“Finding a Form” William H. Gass - Ken Craft

Truth be told, I had not. But the seed was planted, and when a seed germinates and pierces the earthy ceiling of possibilities above it, a story begins and ...