(Compiled intuitively and without explanation as non-hierarchically as possible. Reflective of the now with some of then, only the tip…
Vincent Czyz’s “Literary Pillars”
Dhalgren, S.R. Delany Hopscotch, Julio Cortazar The Recognitions, William Gaddis On Liberty, John Stuart Mill Moby-Dick, Melville Heart of Darkness,…
Jane Ciabattari’s “Literary Pillars”
The books I treasure explore the nature of time and “reality,” integrate non-domestic external realities with the personal realm, startle…
Alexandra Chasin’s “Literary Pillars”
1. What Shall I Put in the Hole That I Dig? Eleanor Thompson The first book I read. Can’t write…
Paula Bomer’s “Literary Pillars”
1-The Collected Short Stories of Flannery O’Connor 2-Habit of Being by Flannery O’Connor 3-Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor 4-War…
Gabriel Blackwell’s “Literary Pillars”
I embarked on a list-led reading quest over a decade ago—not with Gass’s list, but with Borges’s (“A Personal Library”)—but…
Matt Bell’s “Literary Pillars”
I started this list a month ago, and over the course of an afternoon I got to forty-nine without too…
Gary Amdahl’s “Literary Pillars”
A great many grand and beloved books are missing from this list; I thought I’d try to draw up something…
Big Other’s Birthday Tribute to William Gass, 2011
I would imagine that a certain amount of anxiety accompanies any attempt to write about William Gass and his work,…