March 7, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsAuthor T. C. Boyle’s archive acquired The Ransom Center has acquired the archive of novelist and short-story writer Tom Coraghessan “T. C.” Boyle, author of such acclaimed works as The Tortilla Curtain (1995) and World’s End (1987). Spanning more than 30 years from the 1970s through the present, the archive covers the breadth of Boyle’s prolific… read more
February 2, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingThe Letters of Hemingway: a scholar’s work in the Ransom Center archives The recent publication of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume I, 1907-1922 has re-ignited public interest in Hemingway’s personal life and documents. In the introduction to the book, editor Sandra Spanier writes: “Hemingway’s letters constitute this autobiography in the continuous present tense. They enrich our understanding of his creative processes,… read more
January 31, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Theatre + Performing ArtsTom Stoppard’s "Arcadia" opens this week in Austin Playwright Tom Stoppard wanted to incorporate ideas of chaos theory and thermodynamics into the intricately structured plot of his play Arcadia. His archive shows how he consulted with his son, a physics graduate student at Oxford University, and with his son’s colleagues to get the details just right. The play… read more
