SMU Department of English

SMU Department of English Welcome to the SMU Department of English🐴📚

We are a vibrant community of scholars, writers, and thinkers. Welcome to the SMU English Facebook Group!

Our department fosters an inclusive space where students & faculty collaborate to expand the boundaries of language and ideas! Join this group to hear about upcoming events and news from the English Department. Students who major in English at SMU explore the richness of literary expression, as well as the relationships between literature and its cultural and historical contexts. English majors ha

ve the opportunity to work with renowned scholars in a wide variety of fields. With a range of courses in literary history, literary theory, and creative writing, the English Department offers something for everyone. For more information about majoring or minoring in English, visit www.smu.edu/english/.

09/01/2026

Save the date for the Sterling R.E Havens Symposium!📖Join us on September 19th for a day of engaging conversations, scholarships, and ideas. 🔗 Learn more and register at the link in our bio!

08/26/2026

Starting a new chapter with our alumni.📚 We loved kicking off our first poetry book club with Hughes Fellow in Creative Writing L. A. Johnson!

London called and Courtney answered. 🇬🇧☎️ Meet Courtney, a Finance major, English minor and Narrative Now Scholar who sp...
08/22/2026

London called and Courtney answered. 🇬🇧☎️
Meet Courtney, a Finance major, English minor and Narrative Now Scholar who spent this summer as an intern for one of UK’s top wellness brands.✨

08/19/2026

Sliding into a new semester 🤓 Our English faculty is back and ready to kick things off at SMU ❤️

THURSDAY!D-CLAIM is a Dallas-based jazz & literature collective founded by poet/bassist J.D. Debris, backing contemporar...
08/17/2026

THURSDAY!
D-CLAIM is a Dallas-based jazz & literature collective founded by poet/bassist J.D. Debris, backing contemporary poets with hypnotic live-band grooves. Sponsored by Project Poëtica at SMU English, D-CLAIM brings together hip-hop tinged jazz with a poetry reading on the third Thursday of every month, highlighting an improvisational confluence of words and music.

Mary Alissa Park is an emerging poet and scholar from Dallas, Texas. She received her M.F.A. from New York University (Writers Workshop in Paris) and is a Ph.D. student of poetry and poetics in the Department of English at Southern Methodist University. Her manuscript-in-progress, Make Me, explores the reclamation of female sexual empowerment.

Leoncarlo Canlas (violin), Ste’fon Landers (saxophone), Manny Galindo (piano), Jackie Withmill Jr. (drums), J.D. Debris (bass)

This event is free and open to the public.

08/17/2026

Walking on a dream…straight through Dallas Hall ✨
Welcome to the Hilltop, Class of 2030! ❤️

08/05/2026

POV: Your English minor lands you an internship at the Dallas Museum of Art 🎨🖼️
Meet Charlie, a Narrative Now Scholar who is spending her summer as an Arts & Letters Live intern where she’s gaining hands-on experience in author promotion, event coordination, and audience engagement!

For the month June, SMU English Department professor and Southwest Review editor Greg Brownderville served as the Heming...
07/23/2026

For the month June, SMU English Department professor and Southwest Review editor Greg Brownderville served as the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Writer-in-Residence. During his residency, he worked on a new poetry manuscript, a country album, and led a week-long workshop for writers in the region. Congratulations on an incredible residency!🎉

Last week’s graduation reception was one to remember!🎓 Grateful to celebrate our SMU English graduates with their family...
05/22/2026

Last week’s graduation reception was one to remember!🎓 Grateful to celebrate our SMU English graduates with their family and friends.❤️

05/20/2026

Reflecting on SMU English and what comes next✨
Thanks for sharing Jody! ❤️
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