January 10, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingThe Letters of Samuel Beckett Last fall, Cambridge University Press published The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Volume 2: 1941–1956. Edited by George Craig, Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Dan Gunn, and Lois More Overbeck, the volume is the second in a four-part series offering a comprehensive range of Samuel Beckett’s letters. In compiling this edition, the editors… read more
October 24, 2011, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFleur’s Fleurs: "Flower Game" reveals friends and their favorite flowers The personal archive of publisher, author, and artist Fleur Cowles (1908–2009) has been donated to the Ransom Center. The materials will be accessible once processed and cataloged, but an initial assessment confirms that the archive is as dynamic as Cowles was herself. In 1983, Cowles celebrated the publication of The… read more
October 10, 2011, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsA glimpse into J. M. Coetzee’s bound drafts: "Life & Times of Michael K" The day-to-day work of a special-collections curator does not leave much time for actually reading manuscripts, despite assumptions to the contrary on the part of outsiders. I sometimes look with envy at researchers who sit with one document for hours at a time. So it was with great anticipation that… read more
