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Cover letter from Gass for a printout copy of his collection of novellas, "A Master of Sweet Revenges," published later asCartesian Sonata, in which he explains the thematic elements to the stories. Also includes the cover page of the printout.

William H. Gass discussing literature and reading excerpts of his fiction at the Person-To-Person Lecture Series in the Women's Building on Washington University in St. Louis campus. An unidentified speaker gives Gass a brief introduction. The…

Dust jacket for Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas by William H. Gass, New York: Knopf, 1998.

Pushcart Prize award for "I Wish You Wouldn't," originally published inPartisan Review, No. 3, 1975, reprinted inThe Pushcart Prize, 1976: Best of the Small Presses, and revised for inclusion inCartesian Sonata.

Selected typescript and manuscript notes and draft pages of "The Clairvoyant," a short story first published inLocation, I, No. 2 (1964); reprinted inAesop's Feast, I, No. 1 (1968); and revised and retitled "The Writing on the Wall" for inclusion…