William Gaddis Keynote at The Writer and Religion Conference (1994)

[@tomaswolf4777]

For anyone wandering, he's quoting from Henri Troyat's biography of Tolstoy

[@OttoIncandenza]

A superb video thanks!

[@jD-P8g3s]

Wouldn't it be great to hear Bill's lecture on Failure?

[@Orpheuslament]

Yes it would, a college class actually worth taking

[@37equals37]

The link is Bill lecturing on failure

[@therepublicofbadtaste5197]

Thanks for posting this. I've listened to it several times now and will certainly do so again when I start The Recognitions this spring.

[@dirtycelinefrenchman]

He was really onto something when he was talking about the creative artist being consumed by the performance role.

[@bedet]

Thanks! Always excellent to see more Gaddis on here.

[@ericscartier]

Thanks so much for uploading this. I love his voice, especially when he's reading excerpts.

[@HoiSourced]

What did Gaddis say at the end when quoting tolstoy? Something about "my God, I left out the ....". What was that last word

[@williamyoungblood4221]

Yacht Race!

[@activeone]

Useless fact I thought I’d share. Both Gaddis and the gentleman in the photo, Ormonde de Kay, passed away within 2 months of each other in 98

[@AceHardy]

📙💯

[@s2735]

is that guy on the right Gaddis?

[@Orpheuslament]

You bet it is

[@Austria88586]

@@Orpheuslament Is the guy on the left wm gass?

[@readreadofficial]

@@Austria88586 on the left is the author Ormonde de Kay