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
April 1, 2013, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsFrom the Outside In: Title page from William Shakespeare’s "A Midsommer Nights Dreame," 1619 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
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
