Gass has published his essays and reviews in numerous journals and periodicals, perhaps most notably and often in Harper’s Magazine (where he has also served as a contributing editor) and New York Review of Books. Local publications like the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the St. Louis Journalism Review, St. Louis Magazine and Gateway Heritage have published his essays, and he has served as an ambassador for his home city in the pages of Travel Holiday, TWA Ambassador, and elsewhere. Besides writing about literature, culture and the arts, Gass has written and lectured extensively on architecture.

The items included on this page are limited to those currently unpublished or uncollected elsewhere. See the Nonfiction Books section for drafts of essays later collected in those books.

Typescript drafts and notes of “The Religion of Consciousness”

Drafts and notes for “The Religion of Consciousness” - an essay on Katerine Anne Porter written while Gass was at Purdue

"St. Louis Bound" Essay in <em>Travel Holiday</em>

Published version of "St. Louis Bound" from Travel Holiday, September 1993

"Romancing the Mind" - Printout Draft

First ten pages of "Romancing the Mind" printout draft, published in Conjunctions, 2012

My Memories of the Service

"My Memories of the Service" essay written for this digital exhibit