October 13, 2009, Filed Under: Meet the StaffDiscovering "The Sheltering Sky" Matt Morton, a senior in the English Honors Program, Humanities Honors Program, and Government, is working as an undergraduate intern with Ransom Center Curator of British and American Literature Molly Schwartzburg. Undergraduate interns at the Harry Ransom Center have the opportunity to gain valuable behind-the-scenes experience at a major research… read more
October 8, 2009, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsFrom the Author: Alan Furst We recently spoke with historical spy novelist Alan Furst, who is reading tonight at the Ransom Center. The program will be webcast live. Here is how Furst has been occupying his time lately: “I’m hard at work in two ways: maybe the more interesting has to do with promotion. I’ve… read more
October 6, 2009, Filed Under: UncategorizedFrom the Galleries: Poe’s "The Bells" The poems published just after Edgar Allan Poe’s death are among his most popular: “Annabelle Lee” and “The Bells.” “The Bells” was written with the assistance of Poe’s good friend Loui Shew, whom he visited one evening in 1848, complaining that he lacked inspiration to write a poem. According to… read more
September 30, 2009, Filed Under: Research + TeachingResearching 1959 Fred Kaplan worked in the Ransom Center’s Reading and Viewing Rooms while researching his book 1959: The Year Everything Changed, which was released last month. He describes his work at the Center: I came down to the Harry Ransom Center for a few days in the summer of 2008 as… read more
September 24, 2009, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsIsaiah Sheffer: Poe is "one of America’s greatest writers" The Cultural Compass recently spoke with Isaiah Sheffer, creator of NPR’s Selected Shorts, who hosts tonight’s program “Edgar Allan Poe: Poet and Storyteller,” which will be webcast live. He shares his thoughts on Edgar Allan Poe: “If Edgar Allan Poe had never written a poem, he would still have been… read more
September 22, 2009, Filed Under: UncategorizedListen to Jayne Anne Phillips read from "Lark and Termite" The Ransom Center has acquired the papers of American novelist Jayne Anne Phillips. Phillips has published six novels and story collections over the last three decades. Her most recent work is Lark and Termite (2009). Phillips visited the Ransom Center recently and recorded a reading of Lark and Termite. Known… read more
