July 22, 2014, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsRansom Center acquires Jon R. Jewett collection of Elizabeth Hardwick materials The Ransom Center recently acquired a collection of letters and photographs relating to novelist and essayist Elizabeth Hardwick (1916–2007), co-founder of The New York Review of Books and one of the most brilliant literary critics of the late-twentieth century. The newly acquired material complements Elizabeth Hardwick’s archive, which she donated… read more
May 16, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingUnpublished David Foster Wallace story donated to the Ransom Center The Ransom Center’s extensive David Foster Wallace collection was recently enriched by a donation of the original manuscript of a little-known, unpublished story, titled “Shorn.” Wallace wrote the two-page story, about a boy having his hair cut by his mother, while a graduate student at the University of Arizona. The… read more
November 19, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsTwo Ransom Center archives illuminate Doris Lessing’s life, work, and relationships Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing died on Sunday at the age of 94. She was born in what is now Iran, grew up on a farm in Zimbabwe, lived briefly in a boarding house in South Africa, and settled as an adult in London. She was deeply influenced by the racial… read more
