William H. Gass Centenary Celebration On October 3, 2024, WashU Libraries hosted a centenary celebration of William H. Gass (1924–2017), an esteemed writer, distinguished professor...
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...
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...
Readers on The William H. Gass Reader On the occasion of the publication of The William H. Gass Reader, we asked two writers and Gass aficionados about how his...
William H. Gass: His Life and Legacy — Tributes from Holmes Lounge and Olin Library On April 6th Washington University in St. Louis hosted family, friends, colleagues, former students and fans of William H. Gass...
William H. Gass: Life & Legacy — Tributes from St. Louis Magazine Earlier this month Washington University paid tribute to the life and legacy of author and professor William H. Gass. Two...
Washington University Honors Author and Teacher William H. Gass On April 6, 2018, members of the Washington University community came together to celebrate the legacy of William H. Gass,...
William H. Gass: Life and Legacy—Part 1 This past Friday, Washington University in St. Louis hosted a celebration of the life and work of William H. Gass,...
Remembering William H. Gass: Resources for Exploring a Life in Sentences – Part 4 The Soul Inside the Sentence examines the Special Collections' materials on William Gass's magnum opus, The Tunnel.
Gardner and Gass: A Friendship in Letters On the evening of October 24, 1978, William H. Gass and John Gardner stepped onto a stage at the University...
Remembering William H. Gass: Resources for Exploring a Life in Sentences – Part 3 The April 6 activities celebrating the life and legacy of William H. Gass are starting to take shape. We will...
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...