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Tribute to Samuel Beckett
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In 2003, PEN sponsored a Twentieth-Century Masters Tribute to Samuel Beckett, which was reprinted in Silences. Speakers included Mel Gussow, Richard Seaver, Jeannette Seave, Edward Albee, Paul Auster, Christopher Ricks, Israel Horovitz, and Tom Bishop. Click below for Paul Auster's commentary. |
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Paul Auster on Samuel Beckett: Laughter in the Dark
I had the good fortune to meet Beckett a few times in Paris—several one-on-one conversations with him that lasted hours—and to have corresponded with him over the years.
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Tribute to Gertrude Stein
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PEN's Twentieth-Century Masters Tribute to Gertrude Stein featured commentary from Wayne Koestenbaum, William H. Gass, John Ashbery, Margo Jefferson, and Susan Sontag. Click below for William H. Gass's words on Stein's life and work. |
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William H. Gass: Lifetimes Out of Moments
A small boat crowded to the gunnels with journalists met the docking of Gertrude Stein’s steamship in New York. Her name ran like an illuminated rabbit around Times Square.
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