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			September 2006
Welcome Friend, You are receiving the inaugural issue of the Harry Ransom Center’s eNews because of your interest in the Center and its activities. We will provide timely updates on news, acquisitions, public programs, and exhibitions, and give an “Insider’s Perspective” and information about how you can get involved. eNews will arrive in your Inbox during the first week of every month. We hope that you enjoy eNews. If you prefer not to receive this monthly update, click here to be removed from the eNews group.		IN THIS ISSUE :: New Exhibitions Open :: Upcoming Flair Symposium :: Visit From Sebastian Barry :: September Programs :: Sweet Smell of Provenance IMAGE CREDITS Header Image: Norman Mailer. Photograph by Roy DeCarava. 1958-59. Exhibitions image: Graham Greene (1904-1991). Oil on canvas, 1961. 48 x 30.5 inches. © Trustees of the Feliks Topolski Estate

EXHIBITIONS

Norman Mailer Takes On America SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 - DECEMBER 31, 2006 Showcasing the Harry Ransom Center’s recently acquired Norman Mailer archive, the exhibition spans the full range of Mailer’s career examined in the context of the cultural and historical events that sparked his imagination. Learn more.

	Feliks Topolski: Portraits of Britain's Twentieth-Century Literary Greats
	SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 - DECEMBER 31, 2006 The exhibition marks the first time Polish-born British artist Feliks Topolski’s complete set of 20 paintings from this commissioned work, including portraits of W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, and Edith Sitwell, has been exhibited together. Learn more.

NEWS

	Ransom Center hosts The Sense of Our Time: Norman Mailer and America in Conflict
	The Harry Ransom Center will present the Fleur Cowles Flair Symposium from November 9 to 11, 2006. Participants include Norman Mailer, Gay Talese, Morris Dickstein, and Sam Tanenhaus. Register now. Sebastian Barry visits Ransom Center Irish writer Sebastian Barry, whose archive is housed at the Ransom Center, visited recently. Read about his visit, see photos, and listen to audio clips of Barry talking about his archive.

SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS

	SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, NOON—5 P.M. FAMILY Austin Museum Day THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 5 P.M. READING Author Shelby Hearon, whose archive resides at the Ransom Center, reads from her forthcoming novel, Year of the Dog. A book signing of her previous novels follows. Read more about Hearon’s archive. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 7 P.M TOUR Curators’ tour of Norman Mailer Takes On America


INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE

	Sweet Smell of Provenance Some books in the Ransom Center's collections tell a story just by their smells. The Ransom Center’s Associate Director and Hobby Foundation Librarian Rich Oram and a literary scholar explain how a copy of Ulysses, which belonged to T. E. Lawrence, has a sweet, smoky scent that reveals much about the book's history and its handlers. Learn more.