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T. C. Boyle visits Ransom Center before tonight’s event at BookPeople

March 19, 2012 - Alicia Dietrich

T. C. Boyle tours the Ransom Center with Megan Barnard, Assistant Director for Acquisitions and Administration. Photo by Alicia Dietrich.
T. C. Boyle tours the Ransom Center with Megan Barnard, Assistant Director for Acquisitions and Administration. Photo by Alicia Dietrich.

Writer T. C. Boyle, whose archive was recently acquired by the Ransom Center, visited today while in Austin for a book tour stop promoting the paperback edition of his novel When the Killing’s Done.

Filed Under: Authors Tagged With: archives, Authors, BookPeople, literature, Manuscripts, T. C. Boyle, When the Killing's Done

Author T. C. Boyle’s archive acquired

March 7, 2012 - Elana Estrin

Promotional poster for a reading of "The Tortilla Curtain" by T. C. Boyle on November 14, 2006.

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 career.

“I am very pleased and honored to have my papers safely ensconced at the Ransom Center so that they may be preserved and made available to scholars,” said Boyle. “With such an archive, there is always the danger of damage or even destruction, especially when the papers are stored in filing cabinets and cardboard boxes in the basement of a very old house. I am vastly relieved to know that they are now safe.”

Boyle is the author of 22 books of fiction, and his short stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Esquire, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, and The New Yorker. He was awarded the PEN/Faulkner Prize for best novel of the year in 1988 for World’s End and the PEN/Malamud Prize in 1999 for T. C. Boyle Stories (1998). Boyle is currently a professor of English at the University of Southern California.

The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, professional files, and teaching material. Nearly every published title is represented by a binder of manuscript notes, research material, drafts, and proofs. Also included are about 140 short-story files.

If you’re in Austin, don’t miss the chance to see Boyle at BookPeople on March 19.

Please click the thumbnails to view full-size images.

 

Final check for "When the Killing's Done" by T. C. Boyle.
Final check for “When the Killing’s Done” by T. C. Boyle.
Binder with research materials and notes for "World's End" by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Binder with research materials and notes for “World’s End” by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Pages from annotated typescript "World's End" by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Pages from annotated typescript “World’s End” by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Pages from annotated typescript "World's End" by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Pages from annotated typescript “World’s End” by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Pages from annotated typescript "World's End" by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Pages from annotated typescript “World’s End” by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Pages from annotated typescript "World's End" by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Pages from annotated typescript “World’s End” by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Document box with files related to short stories by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
Document box with files related to short stories by T. C. Boyle. Photo by Pete Smith.
File folder with notes for "The Tortilla Curtain" by T. C. Boyle.
File folder with notes for “The Tortilla Curtain” by T. C. Boyle.
File folder with notes for "The Tortilla Curtain" by T. C. Boyle.
File folder with notes for “The Tortilla Curtain” by T. C. Boyle.
Draft of script version of "The Tortilla Curtain" by T. C. Boyle.
Draft of script version of “The Tortilla Curtain” by T. C. Boyle.
Promotional poster for a reading of "The Tortilla Curtain" by T. C. Boyle on November 14, 2006.
Promotional poster for a reading of “The Tortilla Curtain” by T. C. Boyle on November 14, 2006.

Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts Tagged With: acquisition, Acquisitions, archives, BookPeople, PEN/Faulkner Prize, PEN/Malamud Prize, T. C. Boyle, The Tortilla Curtain, University of Southern California, World's End

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