Dr. Stephen Enniss - Harry Ransom Center
Contact:
Gary Hampton
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 Austin University Area
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On Monday, May 1st at 6:30 PM, we will hold an in person club meeting. Our speaker will be Dr. Stephen Enniss, the Director at the Harry Ransom Center.
Our meetings are now at 5280 Burger Bar, 7032 Wood Hollow Drive, Austin, Texas 78731.
About Dr. Enniss,
Dr. Stephen Enniss has been Director of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin for ten years. He has held previous appointments at the Folger Shakespeare Library and at Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library. His research interests are in twentieth-century poetry, and he has written on Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and Seamus Heaney, among other figures. He co-curated the award-winning Grolier Club exhibition “No Other Appetite”: Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and the Blood Jet of Poetry. He is a past recipient of a Leverhulme Fellowship from the University of London, and he is the author of After the Titanic: A Life of Derek Mahon (Gill and Macmillan, 2014). He is currently at work on a collective biography of the Belfast Group poets.
About Rotary Club of Austin University Area:
Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves. The Rotary Club of Austin University Area has a special focus on education - thru providing books, tutoring and scholarships for those kids who need a helping hand. You can find out more about us at https://austinuniversityrotary.org/