Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on September 22nd, 2004.

William Gass, one of the elder statesmen of American letters, is a writer of complex and experimental novels, a cultural essayist, a philosopher, and a teacher. Here, he reads a new essay, “Don’t Look Back”, before having a conversation about his work with the young novelist, Micheline Aharonian Marcom.

You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website.