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Broadside advertisement for "Celebrating the Poetry of James Merrill" sponsored by Washington University in St. Louis and The Bookmark Society, April 21, 1985.

The first hour of Gass's lecture, titled "Four Theories of Love," delivered in Hurst Lounge on the Washington University in St. Louis campus. The theories of love are from Plato, Stendhal (19th Century French writer), Rainer Maria Rilke and Sigmund…

"Philosopher-Critic Joining Washington U. Faculty," St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Program for "T.S. Eliot: A Centennial Appraisal" sponsored by Washington University in St. Louis, September 30-October 2, 1988. Featured speakers included James Merrill, Anthony Hecht, Amy Clampitt, Howard Nemerov, Richard Wilbur, and Gjertrud…

Brochure catalog of short courses offered in the Fall 1972 - Spring 1973 academic year at Washington University in St. Louis. Includes "The Character of Contemporary American Fiction," taught by William H. Gass.

Stanley Elkin introduces Gass and then Gass delivers his essay "The Habitations of the Word" to an audience in the Hurst Lounge on the Washington University in St. Louis campus.

James Merrill reads his poem "164 East 72nd Street" at Washington University's Simon Hall in 1994.

James Merrill reads his poem "An Upward Look" at Washington University's Simon Hall in 1994.

James Merrill reads "Days of 1964" in January Hall at Washington University in St. Louis, 1985.

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…