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William H. Gass

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William H. Gass

Birthname

Birthday: July 30, 1924

Educated At: Kenyon College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Cornell University

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Essayist, University Teacher, Military Officer, Journalist, Literary Critic

Total quotes: 1

“A bush in the excitement of its roses could not have bloomed so beautifully as you did then. It was a look I'd like to give this page. For that is poetry: to bring within about, to change.”

— William H. Gass, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country: And Other Stories(NYRB Classics)

Tagged: blooming romance, Roses Are Red, Poetry, poetry as heart of literature, Change

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