September 22, 2009, Filed Under: UncategorizedListen to Jayne Anne Phillips read from "Lark and Termite" The Ransom Center has acquired the papers of American novelist Jayne Anne Phillips. Phillips has published six novels and story collections over the last three decades. Her most recent work is Lark and Termite (2009). Phillips visited the Ransom Center recently and recorded a reading of Lark and Termite. Known… read more
September 18, 2009, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsBecome a member of the Ransom Center The Harry Ransom Center recently celebrated the opening of its exhibitions From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe and Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works with a reception for members. View photographs from the evening. As a member, you can enjoy a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the… read more
September 17, 2009, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsWhich biblical stories are illustrated in this fore-edge painting? Last year the Ransom Center received as a gift a bible printed in 1481, in Basel by Johan de Amerbach, that was adorned with a 19th century fore-edge painting by bibliophile John T. Beer. The scene is described in a checklist of Beer’s fore-edge paintings simply as “A scene on… read more
