Determining the boundaries of poetry, what it is and isn’t, what counts as ‘poetry’ and what doesn’t, is a thorny endeavor even – perhaps especially – for experienced poets. W.B. Yeats offered this standard: “Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with our...
Speakers from the 2016 William H. Gass Symposium, Part III Moderated by Matthias Göritz and Prof. Ignacio Infante, the roundtable discussion featured Stephen Schenkenberg, who edited and published The Ear’s Mouth Must Move: Essential Interviews of William H. Gass and who runs the Reading William ...
Speakers from the 2016 William H. Gass Symposium, Part II In addition to talks addressing William Gass’s roles as reader, translator, and advocate for international writing, the 2016 William H. Gass Symposium featured multilingual poetry readings. The symposium included an introducti...
Audio and Video from International Writers Center Conferences Now Available In honor of the soon-to-come 2016 William H. Gass Symposium on September 23rd, the Modern Literature Collection is sharing numerous audio and video excerpts from past International Writers Center conferences, featu...
William H. Gass Symposium: International Writing, scheduled for September 23, 2016 On September 23rd, Washington University Libraries will co-host a symposium to honor William H. Gass’s work in the fields of translation and international writing. The event is scheduled to take place ...
