It is with great sadness that we pause to note the death of Lorin Cuoco, a longtime advocate for literature and the arts, especially in the St. Louis area, who was also an accomplished editor, writer, poet, administrator, and interviewer. This recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch contain...
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...
Speakers from the 2016 William H. Gass Symposium, Part I The Modern Literature Collection is beginning to process some wonderful video footage from the September 23rd William H. Gass Symposium, an event that examined Gass’ literary work in translation, the importance of his work as a liter...
To celebrate Robert Coover’s upcoming visit to Washington University for a Neureuther Library Lecture Series reading on November 1, 2016, we are highlighting Coover materials in the Modern Literature Collection. The following is the first of a three-part series. “As the World Speaks&#...
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 ...
