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Faxed, corrected printout draft of the essay, “On Experimental Writing: Some Clues for the Clueless,” published in The New York Times Book Review, August 21, 1994. Essay was reprinted/revised as "Anywhere But Kansas" in:The Iowa Review,…

“Surface of the City” slides used by Gass during lectures.

Modern Literature Collection, Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 1994 issue featuring “The Art of Self: Autobiography in an Age of Narcissism” by William H. Gass. Published as “The Art of Self” in Harper’s Magazine (May 1994) and…

Southern Illinois University Press catalog from Spring 1996 with advertisement for The Writer In Politics book

American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Ceremonial program marking the induction of William H. Gass, May 18, 1983.

American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters induction certificate, May 18, 1983.

Indian writer Amitav Ghosh speaks at the International Writers Center conference "The Writer and Religion". Here, he discusses moments of conversion among international writers, illuminating their significance as cross-overs "from one current of…

Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta speaks at the October 18, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics: Under Politics With a Politics".

Autograph letter signed from William H. Gass to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gass September 11, 1945.

Autograph letter signed from William H. Gass to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gass, September 2, 1945.