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
September 24, 2009, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsIsaiah Sheffer: Poe is "one of America’s greatest writers" The Cultural Compass recently spoke with Isaiah Sheffer, creator of NPR’s Selected Shorts, who hosts tonight’s program “Edgar Allan Poe: Poet and Storyteller,” which will be webcast live. He shares his thoughts on Edgar Allan Poe: “If Edgar Allan Poe had never written a poem, he would still have been… read more
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
