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William H. Gass introducing David Foster Wallace at the West Campus Conference Center on Washington University in St. Louis campus, for a reading Wallace gave for the International Writers Center.

William H. Gass reading "The Cost of Everything" fromThe Tunnel, at an Academic Committee Reading in the Women's Building on the Washington University in St. Louis Campus. This file is only the first hour of the reading/recording. An unidentified…

A portion of Gass's reading at Washington University in St. Louis, titled "How to Behave Around Books." Gass read from an essay, "I Live in a Library," and excerpts from his newly-published novel, Middle C. The reading was part of an event to…

James Merrill reads "In Monument Valley" in the Women's Building at Washington University in St. Louis, 1971.

Photograph of James Merrill in a purple turtle neck standing amid the ginkgo trees at Washington University, November 18, 1994.

Merrill discusses his relationship with the Modern Literature Collection and Mona Van Duyn at Washington University's Simon Hall in 1994.

James Merrill reads his poem "Days of 1964" in January hall at Washington University in St. Louis.

James Merrill reading "In Monument Valley" at the Women's Building at Washington University in St. Louis. Merrill was a writer-in-residence at Washington University during this time.

James Merrill reading his poem "Mandala" in the Women's Building at Washington University. Merrill was a writer-in-residence at Washington University at the time.

James Merrill reading "Pola Diva" in translation from the French at Brown Hall at Washington University in St. Louis. The original poem was written by Alexandrian poet Ayoub Sinano.