December 18, 2020, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1, Research + TeachingInspiration 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
December 17, 2020, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1, Research + TeachingEXCERPT: Julian Barnes From the Margins: Exploring the Writer’s Archives by VANESSA GUIGNERY The following is excerpted from the book, Julian Barnes From the Margins: Exploring the Writer’s Archive (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020), by author Vanessa Guignery. The archives for each of Barnes’s novels reveal a composition pattern that starts with various notes about what to include, followed by several drafts containing… read more
December 17, 2020, Filed Under: Featured1, PhotographyThe camera as a weapon against racial injustice: Eli Reed’s Black In America During the hot summer months of 2020, especially in the weeks following the May 25th killing of George Floyd while in police custody, the Magnum Photos, Inc. Photography Collection was often on my mind. The scenes of protest that we witnessed, in countless cities across the United States and the… read more
