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The great novelist, essayist and prose stylist William H. Gass died last week at 93. This tribute show is composed of excerpts from previous Bookworm conversations with Gass.

William H. Gass Tribute

The great novelist, essayist and prose stylist William H. Gass died last week at 93. This tribute show is composed of excerpts from previous Bookworm conversations with Gass.

from Bookworm

Eighty-seven-year-old, William Gass discusses his new book of essays on the art of crafting words into prose.

William H. Gass: Life Sentences

Eighty-seven-year-old, William Gass discusses his new book of essays on the art of crafting words into prose.

from Bookworm

William H. Gass: Life Sentences

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The greatest living writer of prose in English explores his deepest influence: Rainer Maria Rilke. In this conversation, we witness the interpretation of two modern masters.

William H. Gass: Reading Rilke

The greatest living writer of prose in English explores his deepest influence: Rainer Maria Rilke. In this conversation, we witness the interpretation of two modern masters.

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Author William H. Gass discusses the evolution and style of his thirty-years-in-the-making new novel, finally published this month.

William H. Gass: The Tunnel

Author William H. Gass discusses the evolution and style of his thirty-years-in-the-making new novel, finally published this month.

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Claudia Rankine, award-winning poet and author of Citizen: An American Lyric, a book-length poem about the pernicious racism of American daily life, hosts the first of a three-part…

The Story of America, Pt. 1

Claudia Rankine, award-winning poet and author of Citizen: An American Lyric, a book-length poem about the pernicious racism of American daily life, hosts the first of a three-part…

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American  novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic; former Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri

William H. Gass

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic; former Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri

Michael Silverblatt’s favorite books of the year (in no particular order).

The best books of 2017

Michael Silverblatt’s favorite books of the year (in no particular order).

from Arts & Culture Stories

Excerpt from 'The Making of the American Essay'