by COYOTE SHOOK This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? “Just use this time to rest,” the doctor advised me as though he was delivering good news. Rest as a concept did not exist in my worldview. While melancholy and illness doubtlessly pranced rampantly through Appalachian… read more
Research + Teaching
Wonder, depth, understanding: Scholarship in process
by CELSO VIEIRA This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Learn about the series and click here to add your voice to the conversation. Wonder: that is the starting point of philosophy, according to Plato. Myths capture our attention by telling wonderful stories. Philosophers, however, look for hidden wonders disguised… read more
Inspiration and insight in the papers of author Julian Barnes
Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. by VANESSA GUIGNERY In the fall of 2001, I was in Normandy with author Julian Barnes to take part in an event around his most successful novel, Flaubert’s Parrot (1984), when he told me with a wry smile… read more