April 17, 2012, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsEarly printed book contains rare evidence of medieval spectacles Many scholars rank the invention of eyeglasses among the most important contributions to humankind in the last 2,000 years. Yet, the inventor of this now thoroughly quotidian piece of technology remains anonymous. Indeed the inventor (or inventors) will almost certainly never be known, given the numerous conflicting claims, lack of… read more
March 26, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsNew David Foster Wallace materials to be on display during Wallace Symposium On Thursday, April 5, the Ransom Center kicks off The David Foster Wallace Symposium with a public event featuring Wallace’s literary agent, Bonnie Nadell, and his editor, Michael Pietsch, in conversation with Los Angeles Times book critic David Ulin. The free, public event will take place at 7 p.m. (C.S.T.)… read more
March 19, 2012, Filed Under: AuthorsT. C. Boyle visits Ransom Center before tonight’s event at BookPeople 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.
