by JAMES MAGNUSON The following is excerpted from the book, Famous Writers I Have Known (W. W. Norton & Company, 2014), by author James Magnuson. A small time con-man is posing as a famously reclusive writer named V. S. Mohle. He manages to get hired by a well-funded graduate writing program at a… read more
Michener Center for Writers
Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles
“We walk, or I do, to pay attention, to see the streets, the buildings that surround us, to immerse ourselves in a world that might otherwise slip by.” David Ulin in Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles
Ransom Center staff to contribute to new Texas-themed UT Press book series
The University of Texas Press recently announced the undertaking of the publishing project The Texas Bookshelf, a series of 16 books, with an accompanying website, focusing on all things Texan. All books are to be written by faculty and staff at The University of Texas at Austin. The inaugural book,… read more