April 18, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts"Write for readers like yourself": James Salter’s Novels Note: This post originally appeared on April 18, 2013. James Salter’s All That Is (Knopf), his first new novel since 1979, is a reflective work, a reconsideration of many of the themes he has explored in his earlier fiction. Looking back at Salter’s prior novels through his archive at the… read more
April 16, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsMorris Dickstein to discuss Commentary magazine Author Morris Dickstein presents the lecture “America’s Best Magazine?: Commentary in the 1960s” this Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m. at the Harry Ransom Center. In 2011, Commentary magazine donated its archive to the Center, and the collection is now open for research. Founded in November 1945, shortly after World… read more
April 16, 2013, Filed Under: PhotographyFrom the Outside In: "Milk Drop Coronet," Harold Edgerton, 1936 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
April 11, 2013, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Photography“Arnold Newman: At Work” explores photographer through his archive In conjunction with the exhibition Arnold Newman: Masterclass, University of Texas Press and the Ransom Center have published Arnold Newman: At Work by Ransom Center Senior Research Curator of Photography Roy Flukinger. Featuring an introductory essay by photo historian Marianne Fulton, the illustrated volume includes Newman’s iconic images alongside his… read more
April 8, 2013, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Theatre + Performing ArtsFrom the Outside In: Typescript of "Death of a Salesman," Arthur Miller, ca. 1948 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
April 8, 2013, Filed Under: Meet the StaffUniversity appoints new director of the Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin has appointed head librarian of the Folger Shakespeare Library Stephen Enniss as the new director of the Ransom Center. Enniss will take over the duties of current Director Thomas F. Staley, who will retire August 31. Staley, who has been responsible for scores of… read more
