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September 28, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing Arts

Houdini speaks to the living

The trick is to bring Houdini back. Show him to us. Let us hear him speak, watch him make his magic, feel his presence among us, let Houdini live again!

September 20, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching

“Life on Mars?”: That is the question for David Bowie, H. G. Wells, and NASA

Responding to news of the singer’s passing in January 2016, the official NASA twitter account tweeted “Rest in peace, David Bowie. ‘And the stars look very different today.’” For Bowie, one of humankind’s hitherto unanswered questions was

September 12, 2016, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts

“Behave Thyself”

Collage by James Tate.

This year’s issue of Austin’s own creative writing journal Bat City Review featured a showcase of the late poet James Tate’s work comprised of manuscripts and art from Tate’s collection housed at the Ransom Center.

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