March 25, 2013, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsFrom the Outside In: Typescript of "The Member of the Wedding," Carson McCullers, ca. 1946 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 21, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsJ. M. Coetzee’s association with The University of Texas at Austin J. M. Coetzee was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1940 and graduated from the University of Cape Town. After working three years as a computer programmer in England, he enrolled in The University of Texas at Austin in 1965 to pursue his Ph.D. in English, linguistics and Germanic… read more
March 14, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsAuthor W. K. Stratton Uses Norman Mailer Papers in "Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing’s Invisible Champion" In Chicago in the fall of 1962, heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson squared up to face Sonny Liston, also known as “The Bear,” in a monumental fight. Liston, a former convict with ties to organized crime, seemed the opposite of the ambivalent and introspective Patterson, who was known to help an… read more
