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William Gass

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    The Mountain Goats and Water Liars at the Gargoyle, 4/21/12: Review and Setlist

    The Mountain Goats | Water Liars April 21, 2012 The Gargoyle I'm just going to call it now: the most common response to this review will be "I didn't know the Mountain Goats played in St. Louis this weekend." John Darnielle and his crew flew in to play a one-off show on the closing night of Washing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    The Truth About Walt Whitman and the North Grand Water Tower

    image via​We uncovered a lot of fascinating stories last summer while we were compiling our Literary St. Louis project, and one of our favorites was that Walt Whitman's brother, Thomas Jefferson Whitman (known as Jeff), had designed and built the water tower on North Grand Avenue and 20th Stre ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2010

    Write On: Readers point out other authors we should have included on our literary tour of the city

    image via​We uncovered a lot of fascinating stories last summer while we were compiling our Literary St. Louis project, and one of our favorites was that Walt Whitman's brother, Thomas Jefferson Whitman (known as Jeff), had designed and built the water tower on North Grand Avenue and 20th Stre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Take the Literary St. Louis Walking Tour of the Central West End

    This week's Riverfront Times explores our city's literary history. Check back throughout the week for online-only maps and articles supplementing this week's cover story. Why did so many St. Louis writers live in or near the Central West End? Sure it's a swell place to live, but real estate is expe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Take the RFT's Walking Tour of Downtown St. Louis

    This week's Riverfront Times explores our city's literary history. Check back throughout the week for online-only maps and articles supplementing this week's cover story. Now that you've read about all the famous writers who lived in St. Louis, get up off your ass and take a walk in their footsteps ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    William Gass Makes List of 10 Great Writers Over 80

    Image sourceGass in 1969, a year before any of those New Yorker punks were born.​The New Yorker just announced its 20 favorite writers under 40. This list is so damned important, it's been published in the New York Times and mocked by Gawker. ("You probably hate it already, without even knowin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2010

    Voices Carry

    Image sourceGass in 1969, a year before any of those New Yorker punks were born.​The New Yorker just announced its 20 favorite writers under 40. This list is so damned important, it's been published in the New York Times and mocked by Gawker. ("You probably hate it already, without even knowin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Calendar Pimp Emergency Broadcast System

    William Gass invites you to visit the Front Room.If you're already watching the clock and thumbing through the paltry excuses you've yet to use for ditching work early on a Friday afternoon, set your thumbs at ease. You suddenly need to go to the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis before it closes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Jarvis Thurston Commemoration at Olin Library, March 24, 2008: William H. Gass' Remarks

    William Gass invites you to visit the Front Room.If you're already watching the clock and thumbing through the paltry excuses you've yet to use for ditching work early on a Friday afternoon, set your thumbs at ease. You suddenly need to go to the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis before it closes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Jarvis Thurston, 1914-2008

    William Gass invites you to visit the Front Room.If you're already watching the clock and thumbing through the paltry excuses you've yet to use for ditching work early on a Friday afternoon, set your thumbs at ease. You suddenly need to go to the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis before it closes ... More >>

  • News

    January 30, 2008

    River Styx keeps on rolling.

    After thirty-plus years, it's still a literary force of nature.

  • News

    May 23, 2007

    The Turn of a Page

    Read a good book under an old oak tree.

  • Calendar

    January 24, 2007

    Mr. Gass' New Museum

    Read a good book under an old oak tree.

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    A Whole New Ballgame

    Riverfront Times uncovers secret plan for Ballpark Village cultural landmark.

  • Dining

    October 4, 2006

    Sumatra Gayoland coffee

    Typo Café at the Tin Ceiling, 3159 Cherokee Street; 314-910-7321.

  • Calendar

    March 15, 2006

    The Bill Gass Show

    Typo Café at the Tin Ceiling, 3159 Cherokee Street; 314-910-7321.

  • News

    March 30, 2005

    Arch Madness

    A rough guide to St. Louis

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Week of December 15, 2004

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2004

    Wonder About the Water

    And the water's wonders?

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2003

    He Ain't Quiet

    He's Charlie Daniels

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2002

    Requiem

    St. Louisans come together to remember what was lost on 9/11

  • Culture

    November 7, 2001

    Sound and Fury

    The fear of terrorism hits the heartland with the postponement of a visit by Salman Rushdie at Washington University

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 27, 2000

    Best Writer

    William H. Gass

  • Culture

    May 17, 2000

    Swiss Mystery

    Wash. U. grad Susan Bernofsky brings the mysterious Swiss writer Robert Walser into English

  • News

    January 27, 1999

    News Real

    Wash. U. grad Susan Bernofsky brings the mysterious Swiss writer Robert Walser into English

  • Film

    December 30, 1998

    1998: The Year in Film

    Wash. U. grad Susan Bernofsky brings the mysterious Swiss writer Robert Walser into English

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