April 29, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Authors, Books + ManuscriptsFrom the Outside In: Illustration for Lewis Carroll’s "Hiawatha’s Photographing," Arthur B. Frost, 1883. The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
April 18, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + Events"America’s Best Magazine?: Commentary in the 1960s" In conjunction with tonight’s lecture by author Morris Dickstein, an accompanying display case in the Ransom Center’s lobby features items from the Center’s Commentary magazine archive. Dickstein’s lecture, titled “America’s Best Magazine?: Commentary in the 1960s,” takes place tonight at 7 p.m. in the Prothro Theater. The Commentary magazine archive… read more
April 18, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts"Write for readers like yourself": James Salter’s Novels Note: This post originally appeared on April 18, 2013. James Salter’s All That Is (Knopf), his first new novel since 1979, is a reflective work, a reconsideration of many of the themes he has explored in his earlier fiction. Looking back at Salter’s prior novels through his archive at the… read more
