Stanley Elkin introduces Gass and then Gass delivers his essay "The Habitations of the Word" to an audience in the Hurst Lounge on the Washington University in St. Louis campus.
Typescript draft of "The Heyday of the Player Piano" by William Gaddis, January 13, 1947. While working as a fact-checker for The New Yorker (1945-1946), Gaddis became interested in the player piano, the subject of an article he was assigned. After…
Advertisement for "The Immortal Husband" by James Merrill sponsored by the Artists Theatre in association with John Bernard Meyers at the Theatre de Lys in New York City.
"The Invisible Generation" by William S. Burroughs reprinted from International Times served as number 32 of the Sigma Portfolio by Alexander Trocchi. Self-publishing was a key aspect of Project Sigma and the Sigma Portfolio texts produced by Trocchi…
"The Invisible Insurrection of A Million Minds" by Alexander Trocchi served as number 2 of the Sigma Portfolio. Self-publishing was a key aspect of Project Sigma and the Sigma Portfolio texts produced by Trocchi were circulated on a subscription…
Typed announcement for the 50th anniversary Poetry Consultantship hosted by the Library of Congress. The consultantship features 16 poets including Smith and others.
Newspaper clipping photocopy of the "The Literary Scene" by W.G. Rogers with a review of Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, circa 1973. Includes autograph commentary by William Gaddis.