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William Gaddis

Time Regained

by Hari Kunzru,

“Time present and time past / Are both perhaps present in time future / And time future contained in time past.” I first read the famous opening lines of “Burnt Norton”—the first of T. S. Eliot’s…

Because God Did Not Relax

by Christopher Beha,

The difficult pleasures of William Gaddis

My Mother’s Apartment

by Amie Barrodale,

I took a class in ad writing at Pratt Institute when I was twenty-four. I lasted one day. One of my classmates came in on the first day with storyboards…

They call me Mr. Difficult

by Tom LeClair,

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Art by William Gaddis,

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Art by William Gaddis,

William Gaddis

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Time Regained

Because God Did Not Relax

My Mother’s Apartment

They call me Mr. Difficult

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October 1976

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