October 13, 2009, Filed Under: Meet the StaffDiscovering "The Sheltering Sky" Matt Morton, a senior in the English Honors Program, Humanities Honors Program, and Government, is working as an undergraduate intern with Ransom Center Curator of British and American Literature Molly Schwartzburg. Undergraduate interns at the Harry Ransom Center have the opportunity to gain valuable behind-the-scenes experience at a major research… read more
October 8, 2009, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsFrom the Author: Alan Furst We recently spoke with historical spy novelist Alan Furst, who is reading tonight at the Ransom Center. The program will be webcast live. Here is how Furst has been occupying his time lately: “I’m hard at work in two ways: maybe the more interesting has to do with promotion. I’ve… read more
October 6, 2009, Filed Under: UncategorizedFrom the Galleries: Poe’s "The Bells" The poems published just after Edgar Allan Poe’s death are among his most popular: “Annabelle Lee” and “The Bells.” “The Bells” was written with the assistance of Poe’s good friend Loui Shew, whom he visited one evening in 1848, complaining that he lacked inspiration to write a poem. According to… read more
