News

Selected stories from the Beinecke Library, YaleNews, and external media outlets (the latter noted by source in parentheses after title of article).

Thornton Wilder, renowned writer and meticulous taxpayer
April 12, 2019
Biography Symposium Showcases Power of Beinecke Collections and Programs for the Enterprise of Creative Research
April 9, 2019

“I would not be a writer but for this place,” Emily Bernard ’89 ’98 Ph.D. said at a symposium on biography at the Beinecke Library on March 29, 2019. “I came...
Four of the Most Stunning Libraries Across the Country (Martha Stewart Living)
April 9, 2019
New Italian professor begins time at Yale with focus on endings
April 5, 2019
The Quest for the Perfect Text (Fine Books)
March 26, 2019
Nyberg: The ancient art of paper marbling (WTNH)
March 26, 2019
Reviving a Forgotten Artist of the Occult (Hyperallergic)
March 23, 2019
St Catharine’s Junior Research Fellow discovers new medieval saint's Life (St Catharine's College Cambridge re. Osborn fb229)
March 21, 2019
Patricia Cornelius wins US$165k literature prize (ABC Arts Radio National Australia)
March 18, 2019
Barbara Hammer Maintained Her Curious Eye Until the End (Vanity Fair)
March 17, 2019
Pioneering Lesbian Filmmaker Barbara Hammer Dies at 79 (Logo NewNowNext)
March 17, 2019
Barbara Hammer (1939–2019) (Artforum)
March 17, 2019
Barbara Hammer, Pioneering Queer Experimental Filmmaker, Dead at 79 (ARTNews)
March 16, 2019
New Haven: A long-weekend destination with lots to do, and you can leave the car at home (Washington Post)
March 15, 2019
Painted Renaissance volumes on view at Yale’s Beinecke Library
March 14, 2019
Eight writers awarded Yale’s Windham-Campbell Prizes
March 13, 2019
This year’s prize recipients are: in fiction, Danielle McLaughlin (Ireland) and David Chariandy (Canada); in nonfiction, Raghu Karnad (India) and Rebecca Solnit (United States); in poetry, Ishion Hutchinson (Jamaica) and Kwame Dawes (Ghana/Jamaica/United States); in drama, Young Jean Lee (United States) and Patricia Cornelius (Australia).
NEW ACQUISITION: Tom Carey Papers
March 12, 2019
The recently-acquired papers of poet Tom Carey are open for research
“Pinball Wizard: The Work and Life of Jacqueline de Jong” at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (BLOUIN ARTINFO)
March 11, 2019
Redesign of Beinecke Library Website
March 7, 2019
Beinecke Library pop-up exhibit celebrates “A Raisin in the Sun” at 60
March 5, 2019

The Beinecke Library celebrates the 60th anniversary of Lorraine Hansberry’s monumental play A Raisin in the Sun with a temporary display of materials on the...