January 19, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsAnita Desai’s latest book now on shelves Anita Desai, whose archive is housed at the Ransom Center, recently published The Artist of Disappearance, a collection of three novellas that ruminate on art and memory, illusion and disillusion, and the sharp divide between life’s expectations and its realities. Born in India, Desai often explores themes related to her… read more
January 17, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsFrom Longhorn to the "Mayor of Greenwich Village" Before Lew Ney became the Mayor of Greenwich Village (and a signer of the door featured in the current exhibition The Greenwich Village Bookshop Door: A Portal to Bohemia, 1920–1925), he was a Longhorn. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, as Luther E. Widen, Lew Ney graduated from Austin High… read more
January 12, 2012, Filed Under: Research + TeachingGobsmacked: Professor Recounts Class’s Tour of the Ransom Center In October, University of Texas at Austin Psychology Professor Marc Lewis brought his freshman Plan II Honors class on a trip to the Ransom Center. Professor Lewis has won numerous teaching awards, including the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award and the President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award. Below, Professor Lewis writes about… read more
