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Typescript draft of an introduction for Donald Barthelme by William H. Gass.

A portion of Gass's reading at Washington University in St. Louis, titled "How to Behave Around Books." Gass read from an essay, "I Live in a Library," and excerpts from his newly-published novel, Middle C. The reading was part of an event to…

Photocopy of a thirteen-page typescript letter from Gass to his editor, David Segal, going into the structure, themes and significance of Omensetter's Luck, as well as great works of literature in general.

Two clippings related to Gass's first novel, Omensetter's Luck:

Slide photographs taken by Gass and used for his slide lecture, titled "The Surface of the City," published in Harper's Magazine, and delivered at the Georgia Tech School of Architecture, the Walker Art Institute in Minneapolis, and the St. Louis Art…

Photograph of William Gaddis, taken by William Gass in the Soviet Union, 1985

Photographs of selected William H. Gass's bookshelves at home, 2013.

Photograph of William H. Gass speaking at the 1996 PEN/Faulkner Award Ceremony. His novel The Tunnel was nominated for the fiction award.

Masquerade” and Other Stories Robert Walser. Translated by Susan Bernofsky andforeward by William H. Gass. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1990

William H. Gass at the Great Wall of China, 1984.