William H. Gass reading "The Cost of Everything" fromThe Tunnel, at an Academic Committee Reading in the Women's Building on the Washington University in St. Louis Campus.
This file is only the first hour of the reading/recording. An unidentified…
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…
The tradition of putting a frame around the first page of a book arose even before the printing press, during the era of the scribes. Beginning in the 16th century, it became common to employ a gate as an architectural frame for the title page, as in…
Gathering of Poets at White House, New York Times, January 4, 1980. Photo of Rosalynn Carter, Amy Carter, Stanley Kunitz, John Ciardi, Jonathan Williams, and May Swenson at the gathering.