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A descriptive and informative guide to more than 100 sites
of literary significance in the greater St. Louis area,
Literary St. Louis: A Guide includes historical and
biographical information, maps, literary anecdotes, and
photographs. Edited by William H. Gass and Lorin Cuoco, the
volume includes selections by T. S. Eliot, Mark Twain, Sara
Teasdale, Fannie Hurst, William S. Burroughs, Tennessee
Williams, Kate Chopin, Thomas Wolfe, and many others who have
helped define American literature over the past 150 years.
This book is indispensable for understanding the region's rich
literary landscape.
About the Editors
Lorin Cuoco is a former arts reporter and associate director of the International Writers Center.
William H. Gass is an internationally acclaimed novelist and essayist. He is founder of the International Writers Center at Washington University, from which he recently retired.