SMU NEWS Originally Posted: August 1, 2016 DALLAS (SMU) – When Lakiesha Carr decided she needed a quiet place and the support of her peers to finish her debut collection of short stories, she knew exactly where she wanted to go: The Kimbilio Retreat for African-American fiction writers at SMU-in-Taos, New Mexico. “As a writer, it’s […]
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Black Enterprise Originally Posted: July 19, 2016 Kimbilio, a community of writers and scholars committed to developing, empowering, and sustaining fiction authors from the African diaspora and their stories, hosts an annual retreat for writers of color to read, write, and learn from each other. A project of the English Department and The Dedman College of Humanities […]
Mustang Minute Originally Posted: July 22, 2016 [youtube]https://youtu.be/QAKZ55vzf50[/youtube]
Post and Courier Originally Posted: July 10, 2016 Review: ‘Senior Moments’ reflects on books, writing, perception, experience Willard Spiegelman writes essays like Ferran Adria approached “molecular” gastronomy, with conscious, understated artistry. While generally a hopeful sort, here and there in this slim but thoughtful collection of essays, Spiegelman is as glum as he is enthusiastic, […]
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: June 21, 2016 Donald Trump’s press secretary hasn’t shared much information about herself, and she’s rarely, if ever, available for comment. But this week, the public learned more about Hope Hicks when GQ and Marie Claire magazines published pieces about the Southern Methodist University alum. Since her graduation from SMU’s Dedman […]
Marie Claire Originally Posted: June 7, 2016 In Donald Trump’s inner circle on the campaign trail, there’s just one woman: Hope Hicks, 27, his communications director and the only woman who travels full-time with the Republican front-runner. Hicks has played an integral role in Trump’s unprecedented rise in the 2016 election. As Trump tweets about […]
Mental Floss Originally Posted: May 19, 2016 If you’re a recovering English major with a debauched mind, then bawdy, literary-inspired word prompt games are likely more your speed than Apples to Apples. That’s why there’s Bards Dispense Profanity The Shakespeare-themed group party activity contains 100 “mock-serious” prompts and 375 answers copied word-for-word from Shakespeare’s works. […]
Detroit News Originally Posted: May 10, 2016 Author Desiree Cooper says newcomers to the annual Kimbilio Fiction retreat for African-American writers “talk like they’ve been on a lifeboat and they’re just trying to hold on until they can find that place that keeps them safe.” David Haynes, a novelist and professor of English at Dallas’ […]
SMU Magazine Originally Posted: March 22, 2016 Physician William C. Roberts ’54, executive director of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute (BHVI), has been awarded the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) for his contributions to the cardiovascular profession. The award, which is the highest recognition bestowed by the ACC, […]
SMU News Originally Posted: March 11, 2016 DALLAS (SMU) – Dora Malech, a widely published and highly decorated poet currently on faculty at Johns Hopkins University, will perform a poetry reading and engage in a question-and-answer session at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, in room 131 of the Dedman Life Science building at SMU. “Dora […]