Seeking to escape from the constraints and pressures of a rapidly industrializing world, a number of prominent writers migrated to Santa Fe and Taos beginning in 1916. Central figures in the movement included D.H. Lawrence, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Alice Corbin Henderson. Their presence drew visits from Carl Sandburg, Willa Cather, Thornton Wilder, and Robert Frost. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. In conjunction with Modernists in New Mexico , the Ransom Center is hosting a noontime lecture series beginning Tuesday, March 23 and continuing on consecutive Tuesdays until April 13.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
They will be held in the Knopf room, also on the 4th floor of the Flawn Academic Center. On Tuesday, March 30, Drs. Andrew Causey and Jane Henrici will discuss the impact of tourism on native cultures. On Tuesday, April 6, University of Texas doctoral candidates Maureen Reed and Natasha Sinutko will discuss the lives and work of Alice Corbin Henderson, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Mary Austin. On Tuesday, April 13, Dick Holland, former director of the Southwestern Writers Collection, will discuss Southwestern literature.