Category Archives: Shout Outs

Recognitions of faculty, students and friends of the Department of English

Micah Robbins’s “Literary Libel and the Clowning of Richard Nixon” Accepted for Publication

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Dana Sherman

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 →

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Listen to professor Ezra Greenspan speak about African American biography

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Sarah Sage

Listen to a podcast by Professor Ezra Greenspan at the Rare Book School (University of Virginia), about African American biography. Find it here: http://bit.ly/W0R75U Prof. Greenspan teaches 19th and 20th Century American Literature in the Department of English at SMU.

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Punctuation is our friend. Professor Willard Spiegelman’s class: Doing Things with Poems

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Sarah Sage
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Professor Beth Newman on KERA

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Sarah Sage

Professor Beth Newman will be on KERA’s “Think” Dec. 6 from 1-2 p.m. She’ll be discussing Charles Dickens’ work along with the director of “A Christmas Carol”  (at Dallas Theater Center through Dec. 24) http://www.kera.org/radio/think-upcoming/ Thursday, 12/06 – “Think” Hour … Continue reading →

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A new book by professor Daivd Haynes in 2013

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Sarah Sage

Congratulations to David Haynes on the publication of his new book, ‘A Star in the Face of the Sky’, currently in press with New Rivers/MSUM and due to appear in 2013. Read more about it on his blog

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‘Towering Controversy’ by professor Willard Spiegelman

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Sarah Sage

Read professor Willard Spiegelman’s article about Museum Tower in the Wall Street Journal: WSJ.com – Towering Controversy image credit: Tim Hursley, Wall Street Journal

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Congratulations to Lori Ann Stephens

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Sarah Sage

  Lori Ann Stephens, lecturer in English, is the recipient of the Mini Operas‘ Writing and Composing Mentorship! Her story The Lingerer delicately tells the story of a woman in the aftermath of the loss of her young son. http://www.minioperas.org/news/writing-and-composing-mentorships-announced/

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Congrats to Kristen Polster

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Sarah Sage

Kristen Polster, an adjunct in the Discernment and Discourse Department at SMU, will be receiving her PhD in English from the University of North Texas on December 15, 2012. Her dissertation is titled The Fifth Humor: Ink and the Early Modern … Continue reading →

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Jack Myers, co-founder of the Writer’s Garret

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Sarah Sage

The late Jack Myers who was an SMU English Professor was recently featured in The Oprah Magazine. He was specifically noted for his admirable work in poetry with his Portable Poetry Workshop.” Myers was co-founder of the Writer’s Garret, a … Continue reading →

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Tim Seibles: SMU Alumnus

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Sarah Sage

It is always great to hear back from our good old alumni especially with exciting news! Tim Seibles (SMU Class of ’77) is an American Poet and Professor. He is a professor of English and creative writing at Old Dominion … Continue reading →

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