November 28, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Meet the StaffMeet the Staff: Rob Hay, Head of Exhibition Services Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center. Rob Hay has been at the Harry Ransom Center for two and a half years. He worked as a preparator before taking on his current position… read more
November 22, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsBringing Anne Sexton back into the conversation: Q&A with Amanda Golden Amanda Golden’s collection of essays This Business of Words: Reassessing Anne Sexton brings new attention to Anne Sexton’s poetry, archives, and legacy.
November 18, 2016, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsMember Profile: Susan Scafati We are pleased to share our interview with Ransom Center member Susan Scafati, an Austin-based, American contemporary artist. She is a member of Lakes Were Rivers, an artist collective showcased in the Ransom Center’s 2013 exhibition Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive.
November 3, 2016, Filed Under: Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFellows Find: Seeing “the Indian” in vaudeville The bottom half of this postcard—one of many images in the Harry Ransom Center’s Tony Pastor collection—reveals a lot about the early days of vaudeville.
November 1, 2016, Filed Under: Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFellows find: Letters of St. John Ervine, playwright for a tumultuous Ireland I visited the Harry Ransom Center for two weeks to access the collection of St. John Ervine (1883–1971), an enigmatic, occasionally-forgotten figure who nonetheless casts a spell over a select band of Irish scholars and historians. His personal story fuses both the culture and politics of his Ireland.
October 25, 2016, Filed Under: AuthorsBilly Collins’s recommended reads Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States, was honored by The Poetry Society of America in May at their annual benefit.
