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  1. [+]
    The Anatomy of Mind (4 Reviews)
    William Gass
    Freud and His Followers, by Paul Roazen
    1. Freud and His Followers by Paul Roazen
    2. Freud by Richard Wollheim
    3. Tribute to Freud by H.D.
    4. Social Amnesia by Russell Jacoby
    The New York Review of Books, April 17, 1975, pp. 3-5
  2. "And"
    William H. Gass
    A meditation on the most familiar connective
    The Harpers Monthly, February 1984, pp. 54-61
  3. Books and the Arts
    The Artist and Society
    William H. Gass
    The New Republic, July 27, 1968, pp. 16-17
  4. [+]
    The Battered, Triumphant Sage (3 Reviews)
    William Gass
    Tribute to Freud, by H.D.
    1. Tribute to Freud by H.D.
    2. Freud and His Followers by Paul Roazen
    3. Social Amnesia by Russell Jacoby
    The New York Review of Books, May 15, 1975, pp. 9-12
  5. [+]
    Being and Dying (Review)
    William Gass
    The Encyclopedia of the Dead, by Danilo Kis
    1. The Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo Kis
    The New York Review of Books, October 26, 1989, pp. 18-20
  6. Books and the Arts
    [+]
    Bingo Game at the Foot of the Cross (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Morte D'Urban, by J.F. Powers
    1. Morte D'Urban by J.F. Powers
    The Nation, September 29, 1962, p. 182
  7. The Book as a Container of Consciousness
    William H. Gass
    The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 1995, pp. 88-101
  8. [+]
    Books: More Deaths Than One (2 Reviews)
    William H. Gass and Nicholas von Hoffman
    Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    2. JFK: The Presidency of John F. Kennedy by Herbert S. Parmet
    New York Magazine, April 11, 1983, pp. 83-85
  9. [+]
    A Case of Sincerity and Obsession (Review)
    William H. Gass
    On Heroes and Tombs, by Ernesto Sabato
    1. On Heroes and Tombs by Ernesto Sabato
    The New Republic, September 23, 1981, pp. 25-27
  10. [+]
    Cock-a-doodle-doo (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Couples, by John Updike
    1. Couples by John Updike
    The New York Review of Books, April 11, 1968, p. 3
  11. Criticism
    William H. Gass
    The Unspeakable State of Soliloquy
    The Harpers Monthly, May 1984, pp. 71-74
  12. Criticism
    William H. Gass
    Vicissitudes of the Avant-Garde
    The Harpers Monthly, October 1988, pp. 64-70
  13. A Debate on Fiction
    William Gass and John Gardner
    The New Republic, March 10, 1979, pp. 25-29
  14. [+]
    The Doomed in Their Sinking (2 Reviews)
    William H. Gass
    The Savage God, by A. Alvarez
    1. The Savage God by A. Alvarez
    2. Suicide by Jacques Choron
    The New York Review of Books, May 18, 1972, pp. 3-5
  15. Essay
    William H. Gass
    The Face of the City
    The Harpers Monthly, March 1986, pp. 37-46
  16. Essay
    William H. Gass
    Goodness Knows Nothing of Beauty
    The Harpers Monthly, April 1987, pp. 37-46
  17. Essay
    William Gass
    The Art of Self
    The Harpers Monthly, May 1994, pp. 43-52
  18. Essay
    William Gass
    Shears of the Censor
    The Harpers Monthly, April 1997, pp. 59-67
  19. Essay: In Defense of the Book
    William H. Gass
    On the enduring pleasures of paper, type, page and ink
    The Harpers Monthly, November 1999, pp. 45-53
  20. Fiction and the Figures of Life (1971)
    William H. Gass
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  21. A Fiesta for the Form
    William H. Gass
    The New Republic, October 25, 1980, pp. 33-35
  22. [+]
    A Forest of Bamboo (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Friedrich Nietzsche, by Curtis Cate
    1. Friedrich Nietzsche by Curtis Cate
    The Harpers Monthly, August 2005, pp. 83-88
  23. [+]
    From Some Ashes No Bird Rises (2 Reviews)
    William H. Gass
    Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence, by Edward D. McDonald and D.H. Lawrence
    1. Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence by Edward D. McDonald and D.H. Lawrence
    2. Phoenix II by D.H. Lawrence, Warren Roberts, and Harry T. Moore, ...
    The New York Review of Books, August 1, 1968, p. 3
  24. Gertrude Stein, Geographer: I
    William Gass
    The New York Review of Books, May 3, 1973, pp. 5-8
  25. Gertrude Stein, Geographer: II
    William Gass
    The New York Review of Books, May 17, 1973, pp. 25-28
  26. Habitations of the Word (1985)
    William H. Gass
    Essays
    3 Reviews
  27. [+]
    Half a Man, Half a Metaphor (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Kafka: The Decisive Years, by Reiner Stach
    1. Kafka: The Decisive Years by Reiner Stach
    The Harpers Monthly, August 2006, pp. 85-94
  28. [+]
    Homage to Ford Madox Ford (Review)
    William Gass
    The Fifth Queen, by Ford Madox Hueffer
    1. The Fifth Queen by Ford Madox Hueffer
    The New Republic, March 28, 1981, pp. 26-29
  29. [+]
    The Hovering Life (Review)
    William H. Gass
    The Man Without Qualities, Vol. 1, by Robert Musil
    1. The Man Without Qualities, Vol. 1 by Robert Musil
    The New York Review of Books, January 11, 1996, pp. 56-62
  30. Stories
    I Wish You Wouldn't
    William Gass
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1975, pp. 344-360
  31. [+]
    Imaginery Borges (3 Reviews)
    William H. Gass
    The Book of Imaginary Beings, by Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero
    1. The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero
    2. Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges by Richard Burgin and Jorge Luis Borges
    3. The Narrow Act by Ronald J. Christ
    The New York Review of Books, November 20, 1969, pp. 6-10
  32. [+]
    In the Cage (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Henry James, Vol. IV, by Leon Edel
    1. Henry James, Vol. IV by Leon Edel
    The New York Review of Books, July 10, 1969, pp. 3-4
  33. In the Heart of the Heart of the Country (1968)
    William H. Gass
    And Other Stories
    5 Reviews, 1 Readable
  34. [+]
    The Infinite's Jest (Review)
    William H. Gass
    The Living End, by Stanley Elkin
    1. The Living End by Stanley Elkin
    The Harpers Monthly, May 2004, pp. 92-98
  35. Interview
    William Gass
    The Art of Fiction LXV
    The Paris Review, Summer 1977, pp. 61-94
  36. [+]
    Johns (Review)
    William Gass
    Jasper Johns: Work Since 1974, by Mark Rosenthal and Jasper Johns
    1. Jasper Johns: Work Since 1974 by Mark Rosenthal and Jasper Johns
    The New York Review of Books, February 2, 1989, pp. 22-27
  37. [+]
    Kinds of Killing (Review)
    William H. Gass
    The Third Reich at War, by Richard J. Evans
    1. The Third Reich at War by Richard J. Evans
    The Harpers Monthly, August 2009, pp. 75-82
  38. [+]
    La Vie Treshorrificque (2 Reviews)
    William H. Gass
    Gargantua, by Francois Rabelais and Andrew Brown
    1. Gargantua by Francois Rabelais and Andrew Brown
    2. Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais and Andrew Brown
    The Harpers Monthly, October 2004, pp. 93-102
  39. Lament for our Failure To Improve on Ancient Skills
    W.H. Gass
    The Nation, August 2, 1958, p. 56
  40. [+]
    The Leading Edge of the Trash Phenomenon (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts, by Donald Barthelme
    1. Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts by Donald Barthelme
    The New York Review of Books, April 25, 1968, p. 5
  41. Letters
    Arthur Koestler, Stephen Toulmin, and Capt. Joel Schiffman, ...
    The New York Review of Books, August 1, 1968, pp. 36-40
  42. Letters
    Jean Francois Billeter, Simon Leys, and Philip H. Beard, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 20, 1996, pp. 73-76
  43. [+]
    A Life at Death's Door (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Wittgenstein: A Life, Vol. I, by Brian McGuinness
    1. Wittgenstein: A Life, Vol. I by Brian McGuinness
    The New Republic, May 1, 1989, pp. 35-36
  44. [+]
    Malcolm Lowry's Inferno (Review)
    William Gass
    Malcolm Lowry: A Biography, by Douglas Day
    1. Malcolm Lowry: A Biography by Douglas Day
    The New York Review of Books, November 29, 1973, pp. 26-27
  45. [+]
    Malcolm Lowry's Inferno: II (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Malcolm Lowry: A Biography, by Douglas Day
    1. Malcolm Lowry: A Biography by Douglas Day
    The New York Review of Books, December 13, 1973, pp. 28-31
  46. [+]
    Mirror, Mirror (3 Reviews)
    William H. Gass
    King, Queen, Knave, by Vladimir Nabokov
    1. King, Queen, Knave by Vladimir Nabokov
    2. Nabokov by L.S. Dembo
    3. Keys to Lolita by Carl R. Proffer
    The New York Review of Books, June 6, 1968, pp. 3-4
  47. [+]
    Mr. Blotner, Mr. Feaster, and Mr. Faulkner (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Faulkner: A Biography, by Joseph Blotner
    1. Faulkner: A Biography by Joseph Blotner
    The New York Review of Books, June 27, 1974, pp. 3-5
  48. Nabokov
    William H. Gass
    Upright Among Staring Fish
    The Saturday Review, January 6, 1973, p. 35
  49. Omensetter's Luck (1966)
    William H. Gass
    6 Reviews
  50. On Being Blue (1976)
    William H. Gass
    A Philosophical Inquiry
    4 Reviews
  51. [+]
    On Evil (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Evil in Modern Thought, by Susan Neiman
    1. Evil in Modern Thought by Susan Neiman
    The Harpers Monthly, January 2004, pp. 77-86
  52. [+]
    The Polemical Philosopher (5 Reviews)
    William Gass
    Human, All Too Human, by Friedrich Nietzsche
    1. Human, All Too Human by Friedrich Nietzsche
    2. Conversations with Nietzsche by Sander L. Gilman
    3. Postponements by David Farrell Krell
    4. Nietzsche, "the Last Antipolitical German" by Peter Bergmann
    5. Nietzsche: Life as Literature by Alexander Nehamas
    The New York Review of Books, February 4, 1988, pp. 35-44
  53. [+]
    Portrait of the Artist (Review)
    William Gass
    Painting as an Art, by Richard Wollheim
    1. Painting as an Art by Richard Wollheim
    The New York Review of Books, October 13, 1988, pp. 48-52
  54. Quotations from Chairman Flaubert
    William Gass
    The Paris Review, Fall 1994, pp. 270-315
  55. Reading Rilke (1999)
    William H. Gass
    Reflections on the Problems of Translation
    4 Reviews
  56. Readings
    William H. Gass
    A Visit With Yevtushenko
    The Harpers Monthly, January 1987, pp. 36-37
  57. Readings
    William H. Gass
    On Thinking Through a Little Problem
    The Harpers Monthly, February 1988, pp. 18-21
  58. Readings
    William H. Gass
    Sweet Things
    The Harpers Monthly, February 1992, pp. 34-36
  59. Readings
    Donald Livingston, Slobodan Milosevic, and Paul Warner Powell, ...
    The Harpers Monthly, May 2002, pp. 13-30
  60. [+]
    Reconsideration (Review)
    William Gass
    The Franchiser, by Stanley Elkin
    1. The Franchiser by Stanley Elkin
    The New Republic, June 28, 1980, pp. 29-31
  61. The Road to the True Book
    William H. Gass
    The New Republic, November 8, 1982, pp. 27-29
  62. Seine and Sensibility
    William H. Gass
    The New Republic, March 4, 1985, pp. 27-32
  63. [+]
    The Snares of Meaning (Review)
    William H. Gass
    So Much Nearer, by I.A. Richards
    1. So Much Nearer by I.A. Richards
    The New Republic, May 11, 1968, pp. 34-35
  64. [+]
    The Sporting News (Review)
    William H. Gass
    The Great American Novel, by Philip Roth
    1. The Great American Novel by Philip Roth
    The New York Review of Books, May 31, 1973, pp. 7-8
  65. "The Statutes"
    William Gass
    The New Yorker, December 5, 1977, pp. 48-52
  66. The Stylization of Desire
    William H. Gass
    The New York Review of Books, February 25, 1971, pp. 33-36
  67. Summer Bees
    William H. Gass
    The Paris Review, Spring 1981, pp. 231-236
  68. A Temple of Texts (2006)
    William H. Gass
    1 Review
  69. Tests of Time (2002)
    William H. Gass
    Essays
    1 Review
  70. [+]
    Theatrical Sartre (Review)
    William Gass
    Sartre on Theater, by Jean-Paul Sartre, Michel Contat, and Michel Rybalka, ...
    1. Sartre on Theater by Jean-Paul Sartre, Michel Contat, and Michel Rybalka, ...
    The New York Review of Books, October 14, 1976, pp. 16-23
  71. [+]
    Three Photos of Colete (13 Reviews)
    William H. Gass
    Claudine at School, by Colette
    1. Claudine at School by Colette
    2. Claudine in Paris by Colette
    3. Claudine Married by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
    4. Claudine and Annie by Colette
    5. The Retreat from Love by Colette
    6. Cheri and The Last of Cheri by Colette
    7. The Evening Star by Colette
    8. The Blue Lantern by Colette
    9. My Mother's House and Sido by Colette
    10. Break of Day by Colette
    11. The Pure and the Impure by Colette
    12. Mitsou and Music-Hall Sidelights by Colette
    13. The Vagabond by Colette
    The New York Review of Books, April 14, 1977, pp. 11-18
  72. Books & the Arts
    A True Lie-Minded Man
    William H. Gass
    The Nation, October 31, 1966, p. 453
  73. The Tunnel (1995)
    William H. Gass
    4 Reviews
  74. Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife (1974)
    William H. Gass
    1 Review
  75. [+]
    Wittgenstein - A Man and a Half (Review)
    William H. Gass
    Letters from Ludwig Wittgenstein, by Paul Engelmann and Ludwig Wittgenstein
    1. Letters from Ludwig Wittgenstein by Paul Engelmann and Ludwig Wittgenstein
    The New Republic, June 22, 1968, pp. 29-30
  76. The World Within the Word (1978)
    William H. Gass
    Essays
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
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