What's on Your Nightstand, Tom Staley?
Thomas F. Staley leads the renowned Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, where he also is a professor of English and holds the Harry Huntt Ransom Chair in Liberal Arts. A scholar...
View ArticleWhat’s on Your Nightstand, Tom Zigal?
To kick off the new year, ShelfLife asked Tom Zigal, mystery author and chief speechwriter for UT President William Powers, to share a few reading recommendations. Zigal is the author of the critically...
View ArticleWhat's on Your Nightstand, Tom Gilligan?
For Thomas Gilligan, recently appointed dean of the McCombs School of Business, reading is like breathing. “I’m not sure I can think of myself as existing apart from reading—it’s an integral part of...
View ArticleWhat's on Your Nightstand, Jim Magnuson?
Since 1993, James Magnuson has directed UT’s Michener Center for Writers, an interdisciplinary MFA program now ranked among the top five creative writing programs in the country. A playwright and...
View ArticleWhat’s on Your Nightstand, Juliet Walker?
History Professor Juliet E.K. Walker knows first-hand the power of a book to shape history. Earlier this year, the site of New Philadelphia, Ill., a town founded in 1836 by her great-great grandfather...
View ArticleWhat's on Your Nightstand, Joanna Hitchcock?
Joanna Hitchcock is director of the University of Texas Press. She is a former president of the Association of American University Presses and a founding member of the Texas Book Festival Advisory...
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