Acclaimed novelist and poet Michael Ondaatje converses with writer Geoff Dyer in a Harry Ransom Lecture on Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. The event takes place in the Jessen Auditorium, in Homer Rainey Hall, across the plaza from the Ransom Center. Although he is best known as a novelist,… read more
Authors
Biographer Hermione Lee discovers author Penelope Fitzgerald’s “heart and meaning” in the archives
Hermione Lee is a well-known biographer of literary figures, admired for scrupulously researching her subjects. Her recent book, Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life (2013), details the life of the late-blooming author as Lee discovered her in the archives. Lee will speak at the Ransom Center about her experiences pursuing subjects… read more
Museums and Libraries Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Famed Work
2015 marks the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s classic story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Since its publication in 1865, the book has never been out of print. It has been translated into countless languages and has become a work that truly transcends the time and culture in which it was… read more