November 1, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsJayne Anne Phillips publishes new novel This October, Jayne Anne Phillips has released her newest novel, Quiet Dell. Described by Stephen King as “a compulsively readable story,” the novel is based on the true and mysterious murder of a widow and her children living in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. Phillips, whose archive resides at the Ransom… read more
October 31, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Authors, Books + ManuscriptsWilliam Makepeace Thackeray’s chorus of witches Although best known for his 1848 novel Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray was not always a writer. After college and a brief stint studying law, he moved to Paris to try his hand as a painter. Gambling and unsuccessful business ventures decimated his inherited fortune, however, and Thackeray was forced… 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
