March 6, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsThere really is “Something About Arthur”: A peek into Charlotte Brontë’s childhood The daughters of Patrick Brontë built a literary empire. Combined, the three women published seven novels and two books of poetry. In 1847 alone, Charlotte published Jane Eyre, Emily published Wuthering Heights, and Anne published Agnes Grey. For the Brontës, literature was a way of life that started young. Charlotte’s… read more
February 22, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsThree Ransom Center authors announced as finalists for the 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award Authors Russell Banks, Don DeLillo, and Anita Desai were selected as finalists for the 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The Ransom Center holds the archives of Banks, Delillo, and Desai. Banks was nominated for his twelfth novel Lost Memory of Skin, DeLillo was nominated for his collection of short stories… 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
