April 4, 2017, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsHow a sun hat, an address book, and a character outline enhance Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter “It has been said that loneliness is the great American malady. What is the nature of this loneliness? It would seem essentially to be a quest for identity.”—Carson McCullers’s essay “The Nature of Loneliness”
February 27, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Cataloging, Digital Collections, Research + TeachingGabriel García Márquez’s life in 100 pictures In August 2016, I joined the Ransom Center as a graduate student assistant from The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information to digitize the Gabriel García Márquez papers.
December 1, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, CatalogingGabriel García Márquez’s republic of letters I have always loved to catalog presentation copies of books—those given as a gift from one person to another, usually with a signature or inscription. They represent a tiny piece of the people involved, and allow me to feel a connection to some of my favorite authors. Gabriel García Márquez’s… read more
