September 1, 2007, Filed Under: UncategorizedRansom Center acquires new Graham Greene materials An unusual set of circumstances brought four separate Graham Greene collections, from disparate parts of the world, to the Ransom Center over the past several months. The first of these collections arrived from Helsinki, Finland, the home of Rolando Pieraccini, an Italian writer who published limited editions of several of… read more
September 1, 2007, Filed Under: Research + TeachingRecent Bernard Malamud biography draws on Ransom Center materials Oxford University Press has published a new biography of Jewish American writer Bernard Malamud. It is the first major biography of Malamud to date. The book, written by Liverpool University Professor of English Philip Davis, is titled Bernard Malamud: A Writer’s Life. The Harry Ransom Center holds a substantial part… read more
August 1, 2007, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsInsider’s Perspective: The Hip and the Square In the fall 2006 exhibition Norman Mailer Takes on America, visitors were asked to record their thoughts on three different topics that Norman Mailer had responded to over the course of his writing career. Composition notebooks and pencils were provided for visitor response, and the notebooks have become part of… read more
