This summer, Kendall Dinniene attended Duke University’s Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute. Duke hosts this summer institute for graduate students to engage with faculty and their peers on similar intellectual interests. The theme for this institute was ‘Home.’
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Professor Christopher González recently appeared on two podcasts, sharing insights from his collegiate athletic career and his literary expertise. On Talk’n Throws Podcast, he reflected on his years as a shot putter, and on the Project Narrative Podcast, he discussed Junot Díaz’s recent work of flash fiction, The Books of Losing You, with Prof. James […]
Jonathan Malesic’s guest essay “There’s a Very Good Reason College Students Don’t Read Anymore” was published in The New York Times on October 25, 2024. In his piece, Malesic argues that the decline in college students’ reading habits reflects a broader societal shift where success is increasingly tied to marketability and “vibes” rather than intellectual […]
The Southwest Review recently published an interview with the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, author Annie Ernaux. Read her conversation with Alison L. Strayer on Southwest Review‘s website.
Samyak Shertok, a Hughes Fellow in Creative Writing from 2022-2024, has been awarded the prestigious Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, a remarkable recognition within the poetry community. This national award, which is part of the Association of Writers & Writing Program’s Award Series, celebrates exceptional emerging poets, and Samyak’s achievement is a testament to the […]
Click here to read a feature in the Dallas Observer highlighting Professor Sanderia Faye’s career and role as a “champion community builder” of Dallas’ literary scene.
Kendall Dinniene, a PhD student in English, has an article forthcoming in Ethnic Studies Review titled “A Sensual People, and Doomed: Anti-Fatness and/as Anti-Mexican Racism in America’s First Mass Medium.”
Professor Darryl Dickson-Carr has been appointed the E. A. Lilly Professor in English. In Provost Loboa’s words, the appointment has been made in recognition of Professor Dickson-Carr’s “many contributions to the Department of English, Dedman College, and Southern Methodist University,” and “most importantly” for the “outstanding nature” of his “important research in the areas of […]
Lindsey McClure, a PhD student in the English Department, has been selected for the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute’s inaugural Graduate Student Summer Research and Writing Fellowship Program. She was awarded a $3,000 grant in support of her research. Congratulations, Lindsey!
Congratulations to Kendall Dinniene, PhD student in English, who has been selected as a fellow for the Los Angeles Review of Books’ summer publishing workshop.