It’s probably too easy a move to begin my very brief remarks about Gass’s use of architecture as a metaphor…
Enter and Exit Strategies: My Literary Doors and Windows
It isn’t simply single books that have impacted my thinking, my writing, my thinking about writing, my writing about thinking,…
For Big Other on William H. Gass’s Birthday
If one tried to construct the Temple of Literature from only the fifty “pillars” below, it would collapse spectacularly. Nevertheless,…
William Walsh’s “Literary Pillars”
After examining three bookshelf walls in our home—one in the living room and two in the basement (one on the…
Tim Horvath’s “Literary Pillars”
The Top Five: As widely as my tastes ebb and flow, these five remain, stalwarts, five friends I want with…
Dan Wickett’s “Literary Pillars”
If this were truly an honest list, there’d be around 34 Dzanc titles and the other 16 titles would have…
Derek White’s “Literary Pillars”
1. Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You—Frank Stanford 2. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts—Amos Tutuola 3.…
“My Fifty Literary Pillars,” by Amber Sparks
Unlike the wonderful William Gass, I am not a scholar, nor am I particularly well-versed in the language of literary…
Janey Smith’s “Literary Pillars”
1. AA Bronson, File Magazine, Queer Zines (with Phillip Aarons). 2. Adam Parfrey, Apocalypse Culture, The Manson File. 3. Alfred…
“Fifty Literary Pillars or a Few Planks,” by Christine Schutt
The books listed come in order of memory and recent courses taught at high school and college levels; in both…