Synopsis
This is an edited record of the proceedings of the first international conference convened by the International Writers Center at Washington University in St Louis, US. The topic is divided into three parts: politics as material; politics as a threatening power; and politics as a viewpoint.
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About the Author
William H. Gass is David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities and director of the International Writers Center at Washington University. His published works include the collection of short stories In the Heart of the Heart of the Country; the collections of essays Fiction and the Figures of Life, The World Within the Word, and The Habitations of the Word; the book-length essay On Being Blue; and the novels Omensetter’s Luck, Willie Masters’ Lonesome Wife, and The Tunnel.
Lorin Cuoco is the associate director of the International Writers Center at Washington University.
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