November 29, 2012, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsNotes from the Undergrad: The Penguin Illustrated Collapse Alyssa O’Connell is an English Honors junior in Professor Janine Barchas’s seminar, “The Paperback,” in which students used the Ransom Center’s collections to research the history of paperbacks.
November 27, 2012, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellows Find: When Knopf Inc. published a master work by Fernando Ortiz: A strange hurricane Armando Chávez-Rivera, an assistant professor at the University of Houston-Victoria, has published four books, among them Cuba per se. Cartas de la diáspora (2009), which summarizes extensive information about Cuban writers located off the island. He worked as a journalist for more than a decade in Latin America, with… read more
November 20, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingEnglish Honors seminar course on David Foster Wallace gives undergraduates a look into Wallace’s archive Before spring of last year, I had only heard David Foster Wallace referenced by acquaintances and a TV show character with an affinity for oversized novels. When I was applying for my undergraduate internship at the Ransom Center, I noticed that the Center had acquired Wallace’s archive and opened it… read more
November 15, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsSanora Babb: Stories from the American High Plains Coming of age on the American High Plains, American novelist Sanora Babb was familiar with the endeavor for dignity among the people living in the poverty-stricken area. With her intimate knowledge of the landscape, she provided access to the daily circumstances of individuals struggling to survive in the Dust Bowl.… read more
November 13, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsRemembering Futurama at the 1939 New York World’s Fair Norman Bel Geddes’s Futurama exhibit, dedicated to “building the world of tomorrow,” proved to be a step into Bob Hesdorfer’s future before he’d even arrived. “I was probably 14,” says Hesdorfer, referring to the spring day in 1939 that he and a classmate spent at the New York World’s Fair.… read more
November 8, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: “How to Revise a True War Story” John K. Young, a professor of English at Marshall University, reflects on the production history of Tim O’Brien’s novels and their implications for the kinds of narratives that are possible for soldiers’ experiences in the Vietnam War. Young received a fellowship from the Norman Mailer Endowed Fund. “You can… read more
