Sarah Sussman is a graduate student in the English Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Though currently writing about nineteenth-century American Spiritualism, she is interested in Surrealist art, children’s literature, and British literature as well. Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel that stretches the imagination and playfully defies logic has… read more
Books + Manuscripts
Clues help date pair of Hebrew Bibles with common thread
Behold this pair of Bibles. They were both owned by Andrew Fletcher (1653–1716), noted as the “Scotch patriot” in the Dictionary of National Biography. Fletcher had an interest in politics and letters but is often remembered today for his extensive library, believed to be the finest library in Scotland at… read more
Letters in Knopf archive show challenges Ray Bradbury faced early in his career
Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. Legendary science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, author of the classics Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, died last Wednesday at the age of 91. In his long writing career, Bradbury published hundreds of novels and short stories, becoming… read more