William H. Gass

William H. Gass—essayist, novelist, literary critic—was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He is the author of seven works of fiction and nine books of essays, including Life Sentences, A Temple of Texts, and Tests of Time, and was a professor of philosophy at Washington University. He died in 2017. The William H. Gass Reader is available from Knopf.

William H. Gass Considers the Conditions of Adultery

A Never-Before Published Essay by the Iconic American Writer

July 16, 2021 By William H. Gass

William Gass on 12 of the Most Important Books in His Life

From Literary Criticism to "Books to go to bed with"

November 6, 2018 By William H. Gass

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