Authors, poets and students will meet on the Hilltop for the 2010 SMU Literary Festival April 22-24. This year’s guest speakers include Jill McCorkle, Tracy Daugherty, Marjorie Sandor, Phillip S. Bryant, Robin Black, Elizabeth Eslami, Robert V.S. Redick and Mary Stewart Hammond.
The schedule of events:
April 22 (Cosponsored with the Gilbert Lecture Series)
- Reception at 6 p.m. in the Texana Room, DeGolyer Library
- Reading at 6:30 p.m. in the Stanley Marcus Reading Room, DeGolyer Library: Jill McCorkle
April 23
- Reading 3-4:30 p.m. in the Stanley Marcus Reading Room: Robert V.S. Redick and Elizabeth Eslami
- Reception at 6:30 p.m. in the Texana Room
- Reading at 7 p.m. in the Stanley Marcus Reading Room: Tracy Daugherty and Marjorie Sandor
April 24
- Lunch and discussion noon-2 p.m. (RSVP to smulitfest@gmail.com, 214-768-2945)
- Reading 2-3:30 p.m. in the Stanley Marcus Reading Room: Mary Stewart Hammond and Robin Black
- Seating begins at 8 p.m. for Closing Cabaret in the Varsity, Hughes-Trigg Student Center
- Performance 8:30-10 p.m.: “Stomping at the Grand Terrace,” Philip S. Bryant and Carolyn Wilkins
All events are free and open to the public.