Gass

This is the beginning of the first essay in Gass's first critical book:

Principles of Literary Criticism 2010

Clark's encampment of the 23rd inst. the face of the country & anamal and vegatable productions were the same as yesterday, untill late in the evening, when the valley appeared to termineate and the river was again hemned in on both sides with high caiggy and rocky clifts. soon after entering these hills or low mountains we passed a number of fine bold springs which burst out underneath the Lard. clifts near the edge of the water; they wer very cold and freestone water. we passed a large Crk. today in the plain country, 25 yds. wide, which discharges itself on the Stard. side; it is composed of five streams which unite in the plain at no great distance from the river and have their souces in the Mts. this stream we called Gass's Creek. after

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

NATO Ambassador Simon Gass says the assassination of Wali Karzai - if it was indeed a Taliban killing, as they claim - is a sign of desperation.

Half-Brother's Death Deals Blow to Afghan President 2011

Born in Fargo, N.D., in 1924, William H. Gass has recreated a mythical Midwest that overpowers all his characters and has a palpable, frightening presence in his best stories and novels.

Entrancing Tales Of Dislocation Jerome Charyn 2011

The third group, including Europe, will be led by Michelle Gass , president of unit Seattle's Best Coffee.

Starbucks Adds Division Focused on Asia Lauren Pollock 2011

NATO Ambassador Simon Gass says the assassination of Wali Karzai - if it was indeed a Taliban killing, as they claim - is a sign of desperation.

Half-Brother's Death Deals Blow to Afghan President 2011

And while it is true that few people read either Myles or Flann in O'Brien's lifetime, no Irish writer has inspired a classier cult following: Samuel Beckett, William H. Gass, James Joyce, William Saroyan and John Updike were just a few of its members.

Flann O'Brien: Tall Tales, Long Drink Allen Barra 2011

Simon Gass, NATO's senior civilian representative in Kabul, remarked recently that the capital "is now a bustling lively city" with "women on the streets, people able to go to hospitals . . . it feels very very different to how it did 10 years ago."

There Are No Moderate Taliban Massouda Jalal 2011

Jorge seems to inhabit his own "burning space" in Gass's mythical country.

Entrancing Tales Of Dislocation Jerome Charyn 2011

Capital Weather Gang reader Steve Gass, who photographed the deer in snow pictured above undoubtedly older than a fawn, measured 5.5 on the slope of High Knob, in between Linden and Chester Gap in Warren County.

Weather image of the day: Fawning over snow 2011