The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter (Bloomsbury), a new novel by former Ransom Center fellow John Pipkin, offers readers a view into a world of scientific inquiry and political upheaval in late-eighteenth-century Ireland. [Read more…] about Q&A with John Pipkin: Stellar finds from facts and family fragments of sibling astronomers
Archives for September 2016
Houdini speaks to the living
The trick is to bring Houdini back. Show him to us. Let us hear him speak, watch him make his magic, feel his presence among us, let Houdini live again! [Read more…] about Houdini speaks to the living
Politics, perception, and precious details: Q&A with poet Naomi Shihab Nye
Award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye reads from her work for the Ransom Center’s 2016 Burnshaw Lecture. [Read more…] about Politics, perception, and precious details: Q&A with poet Naomi Shihab Nye