Category Archives: Shout Outs

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/  

Check out this interview with LitFest author Tim Parrish! He will be reading at 6:30 on March 21st in the DeGoyler Library Reading Room. Mark your calendars now! http://smulitfest2014.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/tim-parrish-interviewed/

Professor Greg Brownderville appeared on The Broadcast TV to talk about writing love poetry.  Click the link below to view the two-part video! http://www.ktxdtv.com/story/24723959/how-to-become-a-better-poet

Oxford University Press has just published a new edition of Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Angler edited by Marjorie Swann, Associate Professor of English at SMU.  Written in response to the political and environmental devastation of the English Civil War, The Compleat Angler explores how … Continue reading →

Lagos, Nigeria; 12:00, January 22, 2014: Innovative telecommunications company in Nigeria, Etisalat, today announced the 2013 shortlist for the Etisalat Prize for Literature. Bom Boy by Yewande Omotoso (Modjaji Publishers) Finding Soutbek by Karen Jennings (Holland Park Press) We Need … Continue reading →

Micah Robbins’s article, “Literary Libel and the Clowning of Richard Nixon,” has been accepted for publication in the forthcoming collection of essays Protest on the Page. The book is part of the Print Culture History in Modern America book series, which is … Continue reading →