May 16, 2014, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsA graduation diploma: “The Eviction Notice Written in Latin” This week, The University of Texas at Austin prepares its podiums and fireworks for Saturday’s commencement ceremony, the 131st in the school’s history.
May 14, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, FilmTomorrow in the theater: “All Quiet on the Western Front” Tomorrow, May 15, the Ransom Center will screen All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), the second film of the World War I Film Series, held in conjunction with the current exhibition, The World at War, 1914–1918. The film will be shown in the Ransom Center’s theater at 7 p.m.… read more
October 23, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsKnopf archive documents Nobel Prize–winner Alice Munro’s early struggles with the genre of the short story On Thursday, October 10, the Nobel Prize Foundation awarded the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature to author Alice Munro, making Munro the 13th woman to win the award since its inception in 1901, and the first ever female winner from Canada. Munro—unlike most previous prize winners—is renowned not for novels… read more
