March 21, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingNew book explores origins of Watergate’s Deep Throat Author and journalist Max Holland accessed the Ransom Center’s Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Watergate Papers while researching his book Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat (University Press of Kansas, 2012), which is now available. Holland describes his work at the Center: The genesis of Leak: Why Mark Felt… read more
March 20, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753–1784) was born in Africa and sold into slavery. At the age of seven or eight she was purchased by a Boston tailor, John Wheatley, for his wife. While in the Wheatley household, Wheatley learned to read and write. Within 16 months of her arrival, Wheatley said… read more
March 19, 2012, Filed Under: AuthorsT. C. Boyle visits Ransom Center before tonight’s event at BookPeople Writer T. C. Boyle, whose archive was recently acquired by the Ransom Center, visited today while in Austin for a book tour stop promoting the paperback edition of his novel When the Killing’s Done.