March 13, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Research + TeachingShort story author Andre Dubus’s papers open for research In 1958, Andre Dubus graduated from McNeese State University in Louisiana and joined the U. S. Marine Corps, thinking it would be “a romantic way to make a living as a writer.” Buoyed by a distinctive voice and a natural ebullience, Dubus’s work enjoyed moderate initial success. After six years… read more
March 5, 2013, Filed Under: AuthorsArthur Machen, Welsh horror fiction author, turns 150 this week The Welsh horror fiction author Arthur Machen turns 150 this week. Machen, an influential figure in the budding supernatural fiction scene of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is best known for his novella “The Great God Pan,” and for accidentally proliferating a legend about angels protecting the British… read more
February 19, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film"Martin Scorsese" exhibition features items from Ransom Center Martin Scorsese’s influential filmmaking legacy is the focus of a new exhibition, aptly titled Martin Scorsese, at the Deutsche Kinemathek—Museum für Film und Fernsehen in Berlin. The exhibition, which opened in January and runs through May 12, purports to examine “the rich spectrum of Scorsese’s oeuvre,” including his sources of… read more
