February 23, 2010, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + EventsUT Students: Apply to participate in seminar with playwright, writer, and director David Mamet The Harry Ransom Center is pleased to provide current University of Texas at Austin graduate and undergraduate students with the opportunity to join playwright, writer, and director David Mamet on “A Journey Towards Meaning.” The Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum, is home to David Mamet’s archive, which… read more
February 23, 2010, Filed Under: Research + TeachingClaude McKay and the "Making of Home to Harlem" Jamaican-born writer Claude McKay (1889–1948) is probably best-known for his poem “If We Must Die.” McKay, however, also published three novels and a collection of short stories. His most popular novel, Home to Harlem (1928), grew out of a short story of the same name. He was encouraged in his… read more
