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
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Three 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