January 21, 2014, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsRansom Center acquires archive of poet Billy Collins The Harry Ransom Center has acquired the archive of American poet Billy Collins. The materials span Collins’ personal and professional life from the 1950s to the present and documents in detail his creative development. Collins, born in 1941, is known as a poet for the people, with a witty, conversational… read more
January 13, 2014, Filed Under: AuthorsRansom Center acquires 21 J. D. Salinger letters The Ransom Center has acquired 21 previously unrecorded and unpublished letters by author J. D. Salinger. The letters are accessible as part of the Ransom Center’s existing Salinger collection, which includes published and unpublished manuscripts, galleys, page proofs, and correspondence. Most of the newly acquired letters are written by Salinger to… read more
November 26, 2013, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsRecently acquired Nancy Cunard typescript documents a dreamy connection to poet John Keats On December 31, 1956, writer and political activist Nancy Cunard visited the Keats-Shelley House in Rome. She went there to contribute an account of one of her earliest, most intimate experiences as a young writer and to memorialize her connection with one of the most important figures of the Romantic… read more
