December 31, 2020, Filed Under: UncategorizedHighlights from an unprecedented year It was not the year we anticipated, hoped for, or a year we would want to repeat. The first rumblings of the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, escalated in February, and eventually erupted in our community in March when the Center closed its doors to in-person visits and staff… read more
December 18, 2020, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1, Research + TeachingInspiration and insight in the papers of author Julian Barnes Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. by VANESSA GUIGNERY In the fall of 2001, I was in Normandy with author Julian Barnes to take part in an event around his most successful novel, Flaubert’s Parrot (1984), when he told me with a wry smile… read more
December 17, 2020, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1, Research + TeachingEXCERPT: Julian Barnes From the Margins: Exploring the Writer’s Archives by VANESSA GUIGNERY The following is excerpted from the book, Julian Barnes From the Margins: Exploring the Writer’s Archive (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020), by author Vanessa Guignery. The archives for each of Barnes’s novels reveal a composition pattern that starts with various notes about what to include, followed by several drafts containing… read more
