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In the second Harry Ransom Lecture of 2009, playwright, writer and film director David Mamet joins UT President William Powers Jr. for a conversation about “The Spanish Prisoner” (1997) and a screening of the film.

The event takes place at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 5 at the Texas Union Theatre. Seating is free but limited. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Mamet’s papers are housed at the Ransom Center and will be available for research later this spring. In the meantime, check out this
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In the first of the Harry Ransom Lectures, writer Barry Unsworth discusses his new book “Land of Marvels,” at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 26 at the Ransom Center. The program will be webcast live. A book signing will follow.

The Ransom Center holds the papers of the celebrated writer who won the Booker Prize in 1992 for “Sacred Hunger”, a novel about the 18-century slave trade widely considered his masterpiece.

His other acclaimed works include “Morality Play,” “Pascali’s Island” (which was adapted
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