William H. Gass Centenary: Day 26 from "31 Days in The Tunnel"

[@_magnify]

Brilliant! Truly a writer who enchants all around us. It was only after Gass passed away that I learned he had been a professor at my college for 15 years. I wish I had known while I was there.

[@MaximTendu]

Belated Happy Birthday, Mr Gass. As for you, Chris, let's wait one more week. . . .

[@LeafbyLeaf]

How did you know?!?!

[@MaximTendu]

@@LeafbyLeaf The right eye on the spine of the second volume of The Selected Works of Samuel Beckett is actually a hidden camera👁

[@bluewordsme2]

happy bday to william gass...cant wait to see your review...its on my tbr in sept.....cant wait....bb

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Woohoo!

[@angel-loves-jazz]

i have been so excited to see this project since the first snippets on instagram, more excited than i could probably justify to myself 😅 i can tell you've really outdone yourself this time, oh man. i cant wait

[@LeafbyLeaf]

I can't thank you enough for saying these things! I really did put everything into this I possibly could. I stripped down the production to (hopefully) highlight the content. For once I really wanted to try to capture everything I'd like to say about a book in a single video--but, even then, only the stuff I felt was interesting or substantive. Plus, I mean, really, _The Tunnel_ is probably the most important piece of literature in our current cultural landscape (and somehow it has sort of just slipped away). Anyway, very encouraging feedback. Thank you!

[@tinkertailor9479]

This was as awesome as it was unexpected.🧡

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@duder6387]

Happy birthday William Gass

[@LeafbyLeaf]

🎉

[@jdfromparis6230]

Elevating the Tunnel from the attic... ;-)

[@LeafbyLeaf]

"The Attic: A Review in 31 Philippics" ;P

[@danishiqbal09]

Gass is a perennial enchantment...

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Totally agree!

[@danishiqbal09]

my first find: On Being Blue

[@vincentwall1]

The only novel I've ever listened to a reading of instead of read myself was Middle C...

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Did Gass read that one?

[@vincentwall1]

@@LeafbyLeaf He did not... the reader was great though. Felt fitting to choose Gass for my first, and possibly last, audiobook experience - for the same reason I appreciate your choice to handle The Tunnel 'review' in this way. P.S. I'm reading Theroux's Cape Cod Tales right now and it is excellent...

[@Jim-l2v]

Have you ever considered collaborating with John David Ebert?

[@ome1464]

General weathering sir!