Tim Youd: Select Drawings for Washington University’s Modern Literature Collection As I type this blog post on my computer keyboard, I hear the “click-clack” sounds of Tim Youd retyping on...
“Lunacy and Organization” in the William Gaddis Papers, Part 2 In celebration of the new editions of William Gaddis’s first two novels, The Recognitions and J R, both published by NYRB Classics, we...
“Lunacy and Organization” in the William Gaddis Papers, Part 1 In celebration of the new editions of William Gaddis’s first two novels, The Recognitions and J R, both published by NYRB Classics, we...
25th Anniversary of The Tunnel This year marks a quarter-century since William Gass’s long-awaited tome, The Tunnel, was published by Knopf. In 1995, after nearly...
Connecting Contexts: The Modern Literature Collection and The Letters of Samuel Beckett We are pleased to present Connecting Contexts: The Modern Literature Collection and The Letters of Samuel Beckett, a new digital...
Pearl Archive In addition to writers’ personal and professional papers, the Modern Literature Collection also consists of archives of small literary presses...
Lee Kissman Alternative Theater Collection In 2019 Washington University Libraries acquired the Lee Kissman Alternative Theater Collection, a new milestone for the breadth of the...
A. E. Hotchner, 1917–2020 It is hard to know where to begin and how to end a blog post summarizing the long and storied...
What is the Word: Celebrating Samuel Beckett—Day 2 On November 7 and 8, 2019, Washington University celebrated the prose, poetry, drama, translations, correspondence and archives of Samuel Beckett, with...
What is the Word: Celebrating Samuel Beckett—Day 1 On November 7 and 8, 2019, Washington University celebrated the prose, poetry, drama, translations, correspondence and archives of Samuel Beckett,...
James Dickey and the Apollo Program Written by Irina Teveleva On the fiftieth anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing, we are showcasing...
The Life and Mystery of Poet Elizabeth Jennings Poet Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001) led an extraordinary life: the only woman to join the Movement (an English group of poets dedicated...