From ModernLitCollection’s YouTube channel:
William H. Gass reading at Washington University in St. Louis on April 2, 2013. The reading is titled “How to Behave Around Books” and opens with an excerpt from his essay, “I Live in a Library,” followed by excerpts from his novel, MIDDLE C.
Joel Minor, Curator of Modern Literature Collection/Manuscripts, gives the welcome remarks. William H. Danforth, Chancellor Emeritus, introduces Gass.”
Gass takes the lectern at about 11:25.
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Video has surfaced on YouTube of Gass reading at Sprachsalz 2012, which I blogged about here.
Reblogging this from a new microsite I’ve put up for Abstractions Arrive:
On a Saturday morning in July 2012, the esteemed writer and internationally collected artist spoke about the release of Abstractions Arrive: Having Been There All the Time. The video was made by Stephen Schenkenberg and recorded in Gass’ St. Louis home (which holds 15,000 books).
Stumbled across this video searching for something else: “Yaddo - Making American Culture (by NewYorkPublicLibrary).” Gass comes in at about 1:10.
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New to YouTube: “William Gass reads from The Tunnel at The Village Voice Bookshop in Paris, February 6th, 2007 (by Villagevoice75)”
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The National Book Critics Circle has posted video of the recent awards ceremony on its blog. According to the post, Gass is first introduced himself about 17 minutes in.
KPLR-11, a TV station in St. Louis, just posted this segment on its website. (The photo that shows up in the still is Stanley Elkin, who Gass speaks warmly about.)
Someone grabbed a brief audio bit of Gass’ 2004 Lannan Foundation talk, matched it to a photograph, and posted it on YouTube with the title “Ignorance is evil.”
