Quote by: William H. Gass

For me, the short story is not a character sketch, a mouse trap, an epiphany, a slice of suburban life. It is the flowering of a symbol center. It is a poem grafted onto sturdier stock.


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Author Bio


  • NameWilliam H. Gass
  • DescriptionFiction writer, critic, philosophy professor
  • BornJuly 30, 1924
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer; Novelist; Journalist; Essayist; Writer
  • WorksThe Tunnel; Omensetter's Luck
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship