A Perfect Day for Talking About Bananafish

Austin's hip lit gathers to pay tribute to J.D. Salinger

"...come as no surprise that included in the Harry Ransom Center's holdings is some of J.D. Salinger's unpublished correspondence...."

Feb. 16, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The Last Word

The Harry Ransom Center opens Norman Mailer's archives

"...stead, he left a voluminous archive that the Harry Ransom Center acquired in 2005 for $2.5 million (a portion..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Clearing

Despite the contributions of Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, and Willem Dafoe, The Clearing is a psychological thriller sans suspense.

"...Mountains where, presumably, cohorts await with a phone and ransom demands. During their stumbling walk through the woods (fittingly,..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Radical Context

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center's Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1893-1941

"...Film 1893-1941, a 10-part film series that the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center has brought to Austin. HRC's associate..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Way of the Gun

"...a bloody shoot-out and plan to hold her for ransom, but their impulsive action thrusts them deep into the..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shanghai Noon

"...Pei (Liu) after she's been kidnapped and held for ransom by a pair of generic bad guys. Wilson and..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Screwed

"...Willard Fillmore (Macdonald) stages a kidnapping in order to ransom millions from his harridan employer Miss Crock (Stritch) and..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thieves Quartet

"...a rich Chicago industrialist's daughter for a $2 million ransom. Also in on the job are Art's sluttish girlfriend,..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Baby's Day Out

"...Cynthia Nixon, Adam Worton and Jacob Worton. Take The Ransom of Red Chief, Raising Arizona, and the Three Stooges..."

July 1, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

A #MeToo Measure for Measure?

Austin Shakespeare gives a peek at a modern Measure Saturday

"...and it's sharing it publicly on Saturday at the Ransom Center...."

Dec. 6, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Squaring the Triangle

HRC pop-up exhibit recaps photojournalistic tour of Texas

"...of Texas, and on Saturday they partied. The Harry Ransom Center hosted a pop-up show of the pair’s Texas..."

Dec. 12, 2013 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Don DeLillo Is Coming to Austin

Esteemed author reads at UT's Homer Rainey Hall

"...The Harry Ransom Center welcomes a special guest to campus this week:..."

July 24, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

The Industry of Light and Magic

Fx guru and key 'Star Wars' figure Tom Smith to HRC

"...and Magic boss Tom Smith's personal archive, the Harry Ransom Center pulled a major coup: But by inviting Smith..."

April 15, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

J.M. Coetzee Comes Back to TX

Harry Ransom Center acquires Nobel Prize winner's archives

"...The Harry Ransom Center announced today its acquisition of the archive of..."

Oct. 10, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc Recommends: 'Joe Ely's Bonfire of the Roadmaps'

Harry Ransom Center, Thursday, March 22, 2007

"...want some rock-&-roll cred, schedule a trip to the Ransom Center this weekend for "Joe Ely's Bonfire of the..."

March 23, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Out of Commission

The curious saga of 20 portraits of British literary greats that UT paid Feliks Topolski to paint, then didn't show for decades

"...Greats," being exhibited now with great fanfare at the Ransom Center, did not get a lot of love from..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ransom: A Novel

Ransom is akin to the director's cut of The Iliad – albeit with a new director

"...Ransom: A Novelby David Malouf Pantheon, 240 pp., $24..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Books Review by James Renovitch

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...23 is the scheduled execution date for 29-year-old Cedric Ransom, who had just turned 18 when he was convicted..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Imagined Mexico

A personal guide to three exhibits on Mexico through one bifurcated perspective

"...The three institutions – the Ransom Center, the Blanton Museum of Art, and Mexic-Arte Museum..."

April 16, 2010 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Absolutely Confabulous

Austin Public Library's New Fiction Confab focuses on buzz over brawn

"...in his 25-year tenure as director of the Harry Ransom Center oversaw the center's transformation into a major player..."

April 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Hidden Room Theatre's Houdini Speaks to the Living

In Houdini Speaks to the Living, Hidden Room Theatre resurrects two dead celebrities for a spirited battle

"...from materials in the deep archives of Austin's Harry Ransom Center...."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

UT Acquires McSweeney's Archive

Ransom Center will host first editions, correspondence, and more

"...coming to live at the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center...."

July 31, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

A Cabinet of Drawings

The Ransom Center reminds us of the power of seeing originals over reproductions

"...Harry Ransom Center..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Revealing Poses

How the Victorians presented themselves to the camera explains a lot about them – and us

"...around in the excellent current exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, "Dress Up: Portrait and Performance in Victorian Photography"..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Long Way Home

Considering the art of the map, as inspired by two local exhibitions and a housewarming party

"...Now, though, I've been to the Ransom Center exhibition "Images of the World: Maps, Globes, and..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...Austin Opening Dates Nov. 8: Ransom..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

New Order

Bleak Mexican drama puts cold social horror into bloody revolution

"...up the sons and daughters of the wealthy for ransom. We see Marianne, along with the other scions, suffer..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Shakespeare's First Folio

Why the first collection of the Bard's plays is such a big deal and cause to celebrate on his 400th death anniversary

"...original copies still exist. The University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center has three, all on view in its "Shakespeare..."

March 18, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Confederate Statue Report Released

UT task force recommends taking action

"...the Blanton Museum, the Texas Memorial Museum, the Harry Ransom Center, the Littlefield home, or an exhibit elsewhere on..."

Aug. 10, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

Shepherding Shepard

The material legacy of playwright Sam Shepard calls Central Texas home

"...to the north, at the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center. According to HRC Assistant Director for Acquisitions and..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

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