The Writer in Politics (International Writers Center S.) - Tapa dura

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.

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."