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Notebooks illuminate creative process behind Billy Collins’s poem “The Names”
This story originally appeared January 21, 2014. Among the papers in the recently acquired Billy Collins archive are materials related to his poem “The Names,” which was written to commemorate the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Interspersed throughout the poem are the names of 26 victims of the… read more
Terrence McNally at 80
In partnership with ZACH Theatre, the Ransom Center presents a screening and conversation with playwright Terrence McNally on Sunday, November 11, at 2 p.m. Terrence McNally is one of the most enduring and respected American playwrights, responsible for over 80 plays, musicals, and opera librettos over the past 50 years.
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![Alfred A. Knopf (American, 1892–1984), Harriet de Onis and [João] Guimarães Rosa, 1966. Gelatin silver print, 12.8 x 8.8 cm. Alfred A. Knopf literary files, 6.76](https://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/files/2017/11/Harriet-featured.jpg)
Tradução de Guilherme Mazzafera S. Vilhena Em dezembro de 1948, o New York Times publicou um artigo sobre a tradutora Harriet de Onís intitulado “Sra. De Onís põe o saber latino-americano em livro, mas o sabor latino invade sua cozinha” [“Mrs. De Onís puts Latins’ Lore in Book, but Their… read more
Getting to know Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach through their archive
For archivist Katherine Mosley, processing the papers of actors Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach felt like joining their social circle.
Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient wins the Golden Man Booker Prize
Congratulations to Michael Ondaatje, whose 1992 novel The English Patient was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize on Sunday, July 8. Ondaatje’s archive was recently acquired by the Harry Ransom Center and contains extensive materials relating to the award-winning novel.