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Two early typescript drafts of the beginning of Omensetter's Luck,with some autograph corrections by the author.

Sketch of Gilean, Ohio, the fictional town that is the setting of Omensetter's Luck, drawn on the back of a typescript draft page.

William H. Gass discussing literature and reading excerpts of his fiction at the Person-To-Person Lecture Series in the Women's Building on Washington University in St. Louis campus. An unidentified speaker gives Gass a brief introduction. The…

Interview with William Gass for the KWMU radio program, "Literary Profiles." Interviewed by Lorin Cuoco, Gass discusses his childhood, education, interest in writing and reading, philosophy and literature, etc. At the 10 minute mark Gass reads from…

Letter from M.B. Ogle, Jr. to the members of the Purdue University philosophy department teaching staff, regarding Gass's lostOmensetter's Luckdraft. Gass later learned the draft had been stolen (along with an essay) by a colleague, who attempted to…

Typescript outline and notes for Omensetter’s Luck revised version, March 1954