Category Archives: Shout Outs

Two of the English Department’s rising seniors are involved in Engaged Learning projects! Preston Hutcherson, SMU ’15 questions the correlation between a course’s value and cost by enrolling in the same humanities course at both SMU and Richland College. We … Continue reading →

Join David Haynes, Greg Brownderville, and Cara Diaconoff for an end of semester reading on Tuesday, May 13, at the Wild Detectives Bookstore!  See the flyer and links below for more details:         Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1486240728257418/ Info on Cara … Continue reading →

Dr. Willard Spiegelman and senior Arnaud Zimmern represented the SMU English Department during the SMUxTED event.  See the links below to watch their presentations! Dr. Spiegelman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQZaGrjIQos Arnaud Zimmern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3FR0Ee4KSw

Litfest 2014 starts today!  Check out the schedule of the week’s events below: http://smulitfest2014.wordpress.com/

On March 8, 2014, Professor Erza Greenspan will be interviewed by Greg Rasheed on KGNU radio about William Wells Brown.  You can hear the live feed on KGNU.org between 2:15 or 2:20.

Professor Michael Holahan will speak at the Jane Austen Society’s “June with Jane Austen” event.  The event will take place at the Highland Park Methodist Church on Saturday, June 7, 2014.  More more information and registration, see the link below: http://www.jasnanorthtexas.com/jasnanorthtexas/June_with_Jane_Austen.html

Take a look at the review in today’s Washington Post that Christopher Stampone and Dr. Ezra Greenspan wrote on William Wells Brown: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/review-william-wells-brown-captures-a-former-slaves-literary-achievements/2014/02/27/b92935f8-9998-11e3-80ac-63a8ba7f7942_story.html

NoViolet Bulawayo, who recieved her Master’s at Southern Methodist University, just published a complete short story, “Happy Birthday Africa President.”  Check out the link below! http://munyori.org/fiction/happy-birthday-president-of-africa-by-noviolet-bulawayo/