Special Collections Celebrates Valentine’s Day on Facebook Live
Joel Minor, curator of manuscripts and the Modern Literature Collection, and Cassie Brand, curator of rare books, showcase love-themed books, papers, and artifacts for Valentine’s Day.
Hotch at 100: Entering World War 2
In this fourth installment of our ongoing video interview with A. E. Hotchner, recorded to commemorate his 100th birthday, Hotch talks to us about his early experiences of World War 2, his attempts to become a pilot or a naval officer (and eventual assignment as one of the “airplane monkeys...
Remembering William H. Gass: Resources for Exploring a Life in Sentences – Part 2
The Modern Literature Collection is pleased to announce that Washington University in St. Louis will be hosting a tribute to the life and work of William H. Gass. The event will take place on April 6th, 2018 on Washington University’s Danforth campus. More details, including special guests ...
Hotch at 100: Tennessee Williams
In this third installment of our ongoing video interview with A. E. Hotchner, recorded to commemorate his 100th birthday, Hotch talks to us about meeting and working with a young Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams, while they were both Washington University undergraduates enrolled in ...
Hotch at 100: Growing Up In Saint Louis
This year marks the 100th birthday of author and Washington University alumnus A. E. Hotchner. To help celebrate this milestone, Hotchner sat down with Washington University’s Steven Rosenblum in May 2017 for a wide-ranging conversation on his life, his career as a writer, and his friendsh...
“Some kind of close-up magic”: Celebrating Stanley Elkin’s “Pieces of Soap”
Celebrating the Tin House Re-Release of Pieces of Soap, a book of essays by Stanley Elkin November 29th, 2016 marks the Tinhouse re-release of Pieces of Soap, a book of essays by Stanley Elkin. The book derives its title from Elkin’s personal soap bar collection (measuring over 5,000...
A Virtuoso Performance: Speakers from the 2016 William H. Gass Symposium, Part II
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...
National Book Award Winners in the MLC
National Book Award Winners and Finalists in the Modern Literature Collection November 15th marks the announcement of the National Book Award, an honor which numerous Modern Literature authors have either won or been nominated for. Among MLC recipients and nominees are May Swenson (A Cage ...
William Gaddis: Where These Lines Lead – Part III
An Interview with David Ting In this three-part series, Princeton University student David Ting discusses his research on William Gaddis, his experience with the Modern Literature Collection, and his connection with Gaddis as a bricoleur of historic and cultural fragments. ML: Does ...
Harmonizing the Disharmonious: Robert Coover and the MLC, Part III
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 third of a three-part series. “The infinite is all w...
