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Fall 2012
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Curricular Changes Aid Student Achievement
This fall 2012, incoming first-year, first-semester students began enjoying a new curriculum designed to help them achieve the most during their time at SMU. Driven by a yearlong university-wide review by faculty and staff, the English Department’s implementation began with … Continue reading
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Literary March Madness: Festival and Awards
This spring, the Department of English brings together students, faculty, and the Dallas community-at-large in a literary version of March Madness. Its annual three-day SMU Literary Festival and celebration of Creative Writing Awards begins Thursday, March 21, and runs through … Continue reading
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Cara Diaconoff: visiting professor inspired to tell tales and teach
Cara Diaconoff’s nomadic upbringing coincides with her love for travel and immersing herself in other people’s stories. As a new visiting assistant professor, she will help expand the department’s creative writing course offerings to include nonfiction and provide new outlets … Continue reading
Gilbert Lecture Series – Spring 2013
NoViolet Bulawayo Winner of the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story “Hitting Budapest.” Her book, We Need New Names, is forthcoming summer 2013 from Little, Brown (U.S.) and Chatto & Windus (U.K.). She earned an MA … Continue reading
Brownderville’s expertise in poetry to strengthen creative writing program
Greg Brownderville is relishing his role as a new member of SMU’s growing creative writing faculty. The first tenure-track poetry professor to be hired at SMU in 37 years, Brownderville hopes to spark excitement in student poets and to help establish … Continue reading
News and notes from erudition, Fall 2012
Greg Brownderville’s book Gust recently appeared in the Poetry Foundation’s weekly list of contemporary best-selling books. These individual poems were recognized: “Carlo Silvestrini on the Hog Slaughter” was anthologized in Cornbread Nation 6 (Cornbread Nation: Best of Southern Food Writing); … Continue reading
Blackmon Dives In at Bush Institute
After graduating from SMU in 2010, Kristy Blackmon got a corporate job that allowed her to pay off debts, build her savings, and spend money on things that distracted her from the fact that she really wanted to be a … Continue reading
An Immersion in Culture and History
It is hard to believe I am a third year at SMU. While my penchant for reading certainly explains my English major, I feel the need to satisfy my curiosity for culture and history beyond the pages of books. This … Continue reading
Letter from the Chair
This semester brings many exciting events and activities, as well as new staff and colleagues. Teaching and advising our undergraduate students, we welcome Assistant Professor Greg Brownderville, featured in this issue of Erudition, Catherine Keene, and Cara Diaconoff, joining us … Continue reading
Siraganian’s Sound Defense
Modernism’s Other Work: The Art Object’s Political Life While Associate Professor Lisa Siraganian’s first book, Modernism’s Other Work: The Art Object’s Political Life, is receiving rave reviews, she isn’t certain what to think of this editorial comment on Amazon: “Siraganian … Continue reading