The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of writer David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), author of "Infinite Jest" (1996), "The Broom of the System" (1987), "Girl with Curious Hair" (1988) and numerous collections of stories and essays.
The archive contains manuscript materials for [...]
UT's Harry Ransom Center Obtains Archives of David Foster...
Image from the HRC of hand-written draft of \"Infinite Jest\"Adding to what is already a treasure trove of materials from writers including Anne Sexton, Neal Cassady, James Joyce, Don...
“The Gernsheim Collection” Earns Recognition
"The Gernsheim Collection," co-published by the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Texas Press, has been awarded an Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award, which honors a distinguished catalog in...
It's Your Last Week to Check Out "Portal to Bohemia"
The 1920’s are often seen as a golden age of literature and art. On our side of the Atlantic, there was Greenwich Village, the physical home of much of the intellectual and artistic...
Ransom Center Exhibition Celebrates History and Influence of...
“The King James Bible: Its History and Influence,” an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, demonstrates that four centuries after its first...
Exhibition offers glimpse into literary history
Harry Ransom Center curator Danielle Sigler said when developing her own curator’s tour of the “Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored” exhibition that took place Thursday...
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