June 16, 2011, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsIn the galleries: Mailer’s character timeline for "Harlot’s Ghost" Norman Mailer was among the most prominent cultural and literary figures in late twentieth-century America. His talent as a writer was apparent early in his career; he received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for his debut novel, The Naked and the Dead, which was published in 1948 when he was only… read more
May 31, 2011, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsIn the galleries: Bob Woodward’s typed notes about his meeting with Deep Throat Between 1972 and 1976, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein broke one of the biggest stories in American politics. Beginning with their investigation of a burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex, Woodward and Bernstein uncovered a series of crimes that eventually led to the indictments of… read more
April 19, 2011, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts“By Their Books Shall Ye Know Them” The Ransom Center holds the Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. archive, which includes books published under the Borzoi imprint and books from Alfred A. and Blanche Knopf’s personal library. The Ransom Center’s Associate Director for Exhibitions and Fleur Cowles Executive Curator, Cathy Henderson, and Associate Director and Hobby Foundation Librarian, Richard… read more
