April 4, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Research + TeachingSherlock Holmes’s Infinite Case-Book Many of the items discussed here are featured in the display “The Intertextual Sherlock Holmes,” which can be seen outside the Reading and Viewing Room on the second floor of the Ransom Center until April 21. While fanfiction may seem like an Internet-dependent phenomenon, its origins stretch far back into… read more
April 2, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsSanora Babb: “An Owl on Every Post” Known for her evocative depictions of life in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, author Sanora Babb shares her family’s perpetual bouts with struggles against crop-failure, starvation, mortgage foreclosures, and loneliness in her memoir An Owl on Every Post. Experiencing pioneer life in a one-room dugout shelter, Babb viewed… read more
March 26, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsAdaptation of Alan Furst’s novel “The Spies of Warsaw” premieres next week on BBC America Alan Furst’s 2008 novel The Spies of Warsaw has been adapted into a new miniseries. Starring David Tennant of Doctor Who fame, the series premieres in two parts on BBC America at 8 p.m. CST Wednesday, April 3, and on Wednesday, April 10 . Tennant plays Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, a… read more