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Washington University Libraries Modern Literature Collection William Gaddis Papers Gaddis's carefully assembled and stored archives of manuscripts, notes, and other writings and files, plus his library, have been acquired by Washington University. | |
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The Gaddis-l discussion list An international group of Gaddis readers, scholars, and fans, discussing various aspects and ramifications of his work, conducting group readings from time to time. | |
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William Gaddis interview with Malcolm Bradbury Writers Talk: Ideas of our Times The Roland Collection of Videos & Films on Art A 32-minute conversation taped in 1986, available for viewing on line or for VHS purchase, on "time and place in the novel, political and cultural climate of contemporary America, the novel as entertainment and moral test, and religion." |
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Steven Moore and John Kuehl : 1982 Interview with William Gaddis from The Dalkey Archive Press One of Gaddis's rare interviews. | |
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The William Gaddis page at The Modern Word's Scriptorium Alas, The Modern Word site is no more, but thanks to archive.org, the Gaddis content is at least partially available. Principally a substantial essay by Tim Conley on the occasion of Gaddis's death, the page is part of the Modern Word's Scriptorium, "one of the major sections of the Libyrinth, an index of author pages detailing writers who have pushed the edges of their medium, combining literary talent with a sense of experimentation to produce some remarkable works of modern literature." The entire site is worth a thorough browse. | |
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An idiosyncratic reader's site: William Gaddis by Alan Westrope, containing notably the complete text of Fire the Bastards!, and a chronology of the Wanda Tinasky-Thomas Pynchon-William Gaddis urban legend, plus a memoir by John Sherry and links to German and French Gaddis sites. Several links are broken, alas. | |
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William Gaddis New York State Writer 1993-1995 A brief biography with quotations from The Recognitions and J R, and a brief bibliography, in honor of Gaddis's appointment to this position. | |
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Julian Schnabel Portrait of Gaddis a Village friend, illustrating an article on Schnabel's work by Donald Kuspit. Schnabel also did a series of Recognitions paintings, not yet found on the web. Please let me know if you find them. |
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Passing of Anatole Broyard a chapter from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man (New York: Random House, 1997, pp. 180-214) which quotes Gaddis on this Village friend, on whom the character Max in The Recognitions is partially based.. |
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A band from Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. | |
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A writer constantly associated with Gaddis, whether reasonably or not, is Thomas Pynchon and this is the latest version of an excellent site about him, with links to guides for V., Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon, and the later works, plus much else of interest to Pynchonites. |
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