River Styx
River Styx, a literary organization founded in 1975 and based in St. Louis, presents a monthly reading series and publishes a tri-annual magazine of the same name. Gass served as Chairman of the Literary Advisory Committee, 1982-92, and President of the Board, 1985-88. He helped bring writers such as Susan Sontag and John Barth in for River Styx readings and sponsored events, and has participated in such events himself through the years.
The Special Collections holds the River Styx Archive, spanning from 1973 to 2001, consisting of files on contributors, events, business, governance, ephemera and other materials. Other collections, such as the Jan Garden Castro Papers, the Michael Castro Papers and the Modern Literature Recorded Multimedia Collection, contain River Styx documents and recordings. The Special Collections is also working with River Styx co-founder Michael Castro to acquire further materials related to this important literary organization.
See River Styx: Liberating the Spoken Word for recordings and images from the aforementioned collections.
Broadside advertising a "River Styx at Duff's"
A special issue of River Styx devoted to “Family Album” from The Tunnel
Corrected drafts and draft fragments for two introductions to John Barth
Program for the events surrounding the T.S. Eliot Centennial Celebration, September 1988
River Styx literary advisory committee meeting, October 9, 1988
Audio recording of Gass reading "At Death's Door" at a "River Styx at Duff's" event in 1991. Use Firefox for best results.
An invitation to a silent art auction to benefit River Styx
A postcard invitation to a celebration of River Styx's 21st anniversary