December 11, 2023, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsLucinda Williams’s memoir reveals deep connection with her father, poet Miller Williams Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by LUCINDA WILLIAMS Legendary rock, folk, and country music singer Lucinda Williams has been nominated for 17 Grammy Awards and has won three. She was named “America’s best songwriter” by Time and one of the “100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time” by… read more
August 4, 2023, Filed Under: Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFinding Henry Street: the Broadway Revival of Funny Girl and New York City Dramaturgy by BARRIE GELLES My heart was racing because I had just bolted through the New York City theatre district. As far as I was concerned, there was an archival emergency. I recognize the absurdity and humor in claiming that I was having a musical theatre crisis, but the urgency felt… read more
June 20, 2023, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1Archive of Poet James Fenton Acquired The Harry Ransom Center has acquired the archive of English poet James Fenton, whose body of work reflects on the political upheavals of our time, including the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the suppression of political protest in China’s Tiananmen Square, and Northern Ireland’s fratricidal bloodletting. His papers include notebooks… read more
