SMU News
DALLAS (SMU) — When SMU creative writing director David Haynes started planning this summer’s Kimbilio Literary Retreat, a weeklong excursion to SMU-in-Taos for African American fiction writers, he knew he’d need a helping hand.
Where to look? He quickly made up his mind to recruit help from his spring intermediate fiction writing class.
“Haynes offered me a work-study position because he needed help with the Kimbilio website and their social media platforms,” says 20-year-old interdisciplinary studies junior River Ribas. “I said, ‘I’m young. I can help you with that.’”
Ribas didn’t realize it then, but the job description would include a lot more than social media duty by the summer’s end. READ MORE