October 25, 2011, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: "The Harp Weaver" by Edna St. Vincent Millay In 1923, Edna St. Vincent Millay was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver (1921). That prize-winning book was an expanded commercial edition of the poems in this volume. The longer book was published by Harper and Brothers and contained these poems, another poem published… read more
October 18, 2011, Filed Under: Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing Arts"The Journals of Spalding Gray": An interview with editor Nell Casey Spalding Gray was an actor, performer, and writer. He appeared on Broadway in various one-man shows and is widely accredited with the invention of the autobiographical monologue. His archive, recently acquired by the Ransom Center, is composed of more than 100 private journals that span more than 40 years of… read more
October 6, 2011, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: The Greenwich Village bookshop door In the early 1920s, noteworthy visitors to Frank Shay’s Bookshop at 4 Christopher Street began autographing the narrow door that opened into the shop’s office. Signed by over 240 artists, writers, publishers, and other notable habitués of Greenwich Village, this unusual artifact is a literal portal to the past, revealing… read more
