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
September 30, 2009, Filed Under: Research + TeachingResearching 1959 Fred Kaplan worked in the Ransom Center’s Reading and Viewing Rooms while researching his book 1959: The Year Everything Changed, which was released last month. He describes his work at the Center: I came down to the Harry Ransom Center for a few days in the summer of 2008 as… read more
