The first-ever exhibition of the archive of Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) will reopen Aug. 25 at the Harry Ransom Center on The University of Texas at Austin campus after an extended closure related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A word from our new Head of Membership, Monte Monreal
Dear Friend, Hello, my name is Monte Monreal, and I’m thrilled to introduce myself as the new Head of Membership at the Harry Ransom Center.
Archive of theatre lighting designer Kevin Adams comes to the Harry Ransom Center
The archive of award-winning lighting designer Kevin Adams is now housed at the Harry Ransom Center, a key destination for the study of theatre and performance history. Adams has received four Tony Awards for his lighting designs of Spring Awakening (2007), The 39 Steps (2008), American Idiot (2010), and Hedwig… read more
An interview with four-time Tony Award-winner Kevin Adams
The archive of award-winning lighting designer Kevin Adams is now housed at the Harry Ransom Center. Adams has received four Tony Awards for his lighting designs of Spring Awakening (2007), The 39 Steps (2008), American Idiot (2010), and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014). Adams is a UT alumnus, and… read more
The first quarter century of PEN
Outlined here are eight important moments that occurred during PEN’s first 25 years. All these and many others are treated in more depth and detail in the book PEN: An Illustrated History (Interlink Publishing, September 2021). October 5, 1921 CATHARINE AMY DAWSON SCOTT, a poet and novelist who was sometimes described… read more
Q&A With Author Lily Tuck
The Ransom Center is now home to the papers of National Book Award–winning writer Lily Tuck. Tuck is the author of seven novels, including The News from Paraguay (2004), Siam or The Woman Who Shot a Man (1999), I Married You for Happiness (2011), and Sisters (2017); three story collections,… read more