March 25, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingOf grieving and goshawks: An interview with H is for Hawk’s Helen Macdonald Helen Macdonald is the author of H is for Hawk (Grove Atlantic), out this month in paperback. H is for Hawk landed on more than 25 book of the year lists and was an instant New York Times bestseller. Macdonald, a falconer and naturalist, writes about training a goshawk as… read more
December 6, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + EventsWriter Jim Crace gives writing advice and discusses why T. H. White’s archive at the Ransom Center brought tears to his eyes English writer Jim Crace, currently a visiting professor at The University of Texas at Austin Michener Center for Writers, gives a reading tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Avaya Auditorium, ACE 2.302. Crace’s archive resides at the Ransom Center, and on a previous visit to Austin he spoke with Ransom… read more
