"William H. Gass, a proudly postmodern author
who valued form and language
more than literary conventions
like plot and character
and who had a broad influence
on other experimental writers
of the 1960s, ’70s and beyond,
died on Wednesday in St. Louis. He was 93."
— Dee Wedemeyer, The New York Times ,
12:40 AM ET Thursday, December 7, 2017
"Mr. Gass was widely credited with coining the term
'metafiction' to describe writing in which the author
is part of the story. He himself was one of the form’s
foremost practitioners." — ibid.
See as well yesterday's Log24 post and
Discovery of Heaven in this journal.