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Invitation for the 9th Annual Rabbi Irving M. Levey Lecture: William H. Gass presenting "Carrots, Noses, Snow, Rose, Roses: The Ontological Transformation of Language and Literature." Also published in The Journal of Philosophy, Nov. 7, 1976. An…

Seven versions of an unpublished cartoon/poem by Gass, intended forThe Tunnel.

Invitation to "The Cost of Everything," an adaptation of a section of The Tunnel, by the Highline Readers, at Highline Community College in Des Moines, WA. Inscribed by the director, C.M. Sandifer.

"Country of the Heart," review of Omensetter's Luck by William H. Gass, Newsweek.

"Critics Hail Professor's Novel" by Karen Elias, Campus Copy.

“Cupples Station: A Tale of Unrequited Love” by William H. Gass, Gateway Heritage, Volume 18, Number 1 (Summer 1997).

Printout draft of "Dis.covery," later published as "In Defense of the Book," in Harper's Magazine, Australian Financial Review, Los Angeles Times, The Best American Essays of 2000, and as a chapbook, then collected in A Temple of Texts.

College essay by Gass about the refrain in poetry, with comments and grade by Professor Daiches.

"Editor Bill Gass Waxes Baconian With an Essay...On Reading," essay by William H. Gass for his high school newspaper, The Cauldron, circa 1942.

The first hour of Gass's lecture, titled "Four Theories of Love," delivered in Hurst Lounge on the Washington University in St. Louis campus. The theories of love are from Plato, Stendhal (19th Century French writer), Rainer Maria Rilke and Sigmund…