Creator of Saturday Night Live Donates Historic Archive by CINDY MCCREERY When the director of the Harry Ransom Center, Stephen Enniss, shared the news with me that Saturday Night Live Executive Producer and renowned TV comedy writer/producer Lorne Michaels would be donating his collection to the Center, I literally gasped.… read more
Literature and Change: Flair Symposium 2024
A recap with Q&As from Colm Tóibín, Ayad Akhtar, and Lisa Lucas by ERICA NUNN-KINIAS Flair was a groundbreaking magazine created by Fleur Cowles in 1950, known for its provocative design, insightful articles, and creative approach to blending literature, art, and culture. In honor of Cowles’s legacy, the Ransom Center’s… read more
Mark Sainsbury on W. S. Merwin
An Interview with Mark Sainsbury by STEPHEN ENNISS W. S. Merwin (1927–2019) was one of the leading American poets of his generation, a poet who in verse and in his manner of living engaged in a life-long reflection on our relationship to the natural world. During a highly productive career,… read more