December 10, 2024, Filed Under: Authors“Into the Emptiness” by Frederick Seidel “Into the Emptiness” by FREDERICK SEIDEL Into the emptiness that weighs More than the universe Another universe begins Smaller than the last. Begins to smaller Than the last. Dimensions Do not yet exist. My friend, the darkness Into which the seed Of all eleven dimensions Is planted is small. Travel… read more
August 21, 2024, Filed Under: Film, Meet the StaffIntroducing Jenny Romero, the Ransom Center’s Robert De Niro Curator of Film by MEGAN BARNARD We are delighted to welcome Jenny Romero, who recently joined the Ransom Center as our new Robert De Niro Curator of Film. Romero previously worked for more than two decades for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a variety of roles, including as Head… read more
August 8, 2024, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsPublic Works: An Exhibition of Art by Elizabeth Olds by TRACY BONFITTO, CURATOR OF ART In 1937, WPA artist Elizabeth Olds (American, 1896–1991) persuaded “muckraking” investigative journalist Ida Tarbell to help her secure entrance to the Carnegie-Illinois steel mill. When Olds arrived with fellow artist Harry Gottlieb, skeptical mill workers required the artists to become union members in order… read more
August 8, 2024, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsUNTIL AUGUST: A NOVEL by Gabriel García Márquez Excerpt from UNTIL AUGUST: A NOVEL by Gabriel García Márquez, translated by Anne McLean, translation copyright © 2024 by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House… read more
May 28, 2024, Filed Under: Art, Digital Collections, FilmBeyond the Frame: Film Posters in the 1970s by ASH KINNEY D’HARCOURT The 1970s in the United States saw significant social, cultural, and economic upheaval in the context of an ongoing sexual revolution, anti-war sentiment and political scandals. Struggling to maintain relevance during this decade, the industry began to incorporate more explicit violence and sexuality as well as… read more
May 22, 2024, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsJ. M. Coetzee’s Garden of Creation by HERMANN WITTENBERG Important additions to the Coetzee Papers shed light on the author’s recent writing Working in a literary archive can be a remarkable experience, like being present in a garden of creation. When reading through the early manuscript versions of novels, one can encounter a textual labyrinth of… read more
