November 26, 2021, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1ASCENT TO GLORY: The Writer and the Manuscript Excerpt from Ascent to Glory: How One Hundred Years of Solitude Was Written and Became a Global Classic (New York, Columbia University Press, 2020) by Álvaro Santana-Acuña, guest curator for the Gabriel García Márquez: The Making of a Global Writer exhibition on view through Jan. 2, 2022 in the galleries. Used… read more
March 29, 2021, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1, Film, Photography, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFellowships awarded to UT-Austin faculty and graduate students The Harry Ransom Center has awarded over a dozen fellowships for 2021-2022 to The University of Texas at Austin faculty and graduate students through the Center’s new UT-Austin Fellowship program. The new fellows reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the Center’s collections and represent a wide range of departments, programs, and… read more
March 11, 2021, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1, Research + TeachingSARA COLERIDGE: A life unfolding by JEFFREY W. BARBEAU This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Sometimes the scrawled letters on a page slow reading to a halt. Unlike printed words in a bound volume or transcripts that risk sanitizing history, handwriting produces an entirely different reading experience. Words unfold, as… read more
