Tunneling | William H. GassTunneling | Bloghttp://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009-12-08T02:18:33ZSquarespace"Let Me Make a Snowman" at The Quarterly Conversationhttp://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009/12/7/let-me-make-a-snowman-at-the-quarterly-conversation.htmlStephen Schenkenberg2009-12-08T02:15:27Z2009-12-08T02:15:27ZThe Quarterly Conversation, in which I published this piece on The Tunnel Audiobook, has just published "Let Me Make a Snowman: John Gardner, William Gass, and 'The Pedersen Kid,'" a 7500-word essay by Nick Ripatrazone. Looks awesome. Can't wait to read it.

]]>A Year in Reading at The Millionshttp://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009/12/7/a-year-in-reading-at-the-millions.htmlStephen Schenkenberg2009-12-08T01:50:47Z2009-12-08T01:50:47ZLiterary blog The Millions asked William H. Gass to take part in its annual "A Year in Reading Series." Here's WG's entry.

]]>A New Story in the New Conjunctionshttp://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009/12/6/a-new-story-in-the-new-conjunctions.htmlStephen Schenkenberg2009-12-06T13:42:15Z2009-12-06T13:42:15ZThe new Conjunctions: 53, "Hybrid Histories," includes "Professor Skizzen Gets the Word" by William H. Gass. I'm guessing this is part of his novel-in-progress, Middle C.

]]>A Tweet About The Future of Bookshttp://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009/12/6/a-tweet-about-the-future-of-books.htmlStephen Schenkenberg2009-12-06T13:38:34Z2009-12-06T13:38:34Z 


Via this guy.

]]>A Portrait by N.C. Malloryhttp://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009/11/21/a-portrait-by-nc-mallory.htmlStephen Schenkenberg2009-11-21T18:32:02Z2009-11-21T18:32:02ZA portrait of William H. Gass by N.C. Mallory, an American artist.

]]>Rating Writes at HuffPohttp://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009/11/17/rating-writes-at-huffpo.htmlStephen Schenkenberg2009-11-18T02:37:18Z2009-11-18T02:37:18ZThe Huffington Post, peeved by news of Palin and her book, asks readers to rate real writers. Gass, among them. (Funny sidenote: That means there's now a "William Gass" tag at Huffington Post.)

]]>Do I Hear $251?http://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009/11/8/do-i-hear-251.htmlStephen Schenkenberg2009-11-08T23:19:41Z2009-11-08T23:19:41ZThere's a William H. Gass self-portrait for sale at Live Auctioneers. ]]>Stephen King and The Tunnelhttp://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009/10/17/stephen-king-and-the-tunnel.htmlStephen Schenkenberg2009-10-17T21:18:41Z2009-10-17T21:18:41ZFrom Bradford Morrow's "A Girandole for Mr. Gass," one of many tributes published in the Fall 2004 Review of Contemporary Fiction:

Even Stephen King, much to Bill's astonishment when I told him about it in Paris, many years later, loved The Tunnel and prefaced his own reading at Princeton, where I was guest-teaching at the time, with an opening remark to the crowded audience of academics, students, and leather-clad bikers, 'Have you heard of this guy, William H. Gass? He's unbelievable. Let me read you from his new book,' and so he did.

]]>Nobel Odds for William Gass: 100 to 1http://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009/9/23/nobel-odds-for-william-gass-100-to-1.htmlStephen Schenkenberg2009-09-23T18:17:48Z2009-09-23T18:17:48ZFrom MediaBistro:

As literary types speculate about this year's nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature before the October announcement date, UK gamblers are hard at work trying to predict a winner of the prestigious prize.

According to the betting site Ladbrokes, Israeli author Amos Oz has the best odds of winning--the 4 to 1 favorite. The long shots are William H. Gass and Paul Auster, both with 100 to 1 odds. Bob Dylan clocks in with 25 to 1 odds. Americans Joyce Carol Oates and Philip Roth both have strong 7 to 1 odds. Haruki Murakami and Thomas Pynchon both weigh in with respectable 9 to 1 odds.

The complete list is here.

]]>A New Essay (Sort Of)http://tunneling.squarespace.com/updates-blog/2009/9/8/a-new-essay-sort-of.htmlStephen Schenkenberg2009-09-09T00:10:24Z2009-09-09T00:10:24ZThe new September issue of St. Louis Magazine features "Always On the Rise," in which Gass explores what the Gateway Arch is really up to. While this is the first time the piece has appeared in print, Gass read it aloud at the “On the Riverfront: St. Louis and The Gateway Arch” symposium at Washington University in January 2009.

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