April 12, 2018, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1, Research + TeachingThe Humours of Whist, a sophisticated play by David Levy After a fruitful visit to the Harry Ransom Center in January, I tweeted, “Who would have thought that I’d run into a Thomas J. Wise “sophistication” in my Hoyle research @ransomcenter?” Like so many tweets, this is a bit tough to parse. Let’s break it into pieces:… read more
November 1, 2017, Filed Under: Research + TeachingBorges, Beowulf, and Texas How did an Argentine poet like Jorge Luis Borges end up reading and writing about Old English poetry?
March 27, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Cataloging, Digital Collections, Research + TeachingWhat’s in the PEN archives? The PEN records occupy 180 linear feet, span 1912 to 2008, and document the history and activities of the English PEN and PEN International, as well as the formation (and sometimes dissolution) of other PEN centers around the globe.
