Texas State Department of English

10/26/2026

FIRST GEN MENTOR MIXER 🎓

DETAILS
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Time: 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Location: Flowers Hall, Room 230
Perks: There will be food!

We encourage you to come to our First Gen Mentor Mixer to match with a supportive professor or staff person. Students will take turns meeting potential mentors through a “speed matching” activity.

RSVPs appreciated by November 2 (first come, first served)
Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/x48bzUs0gX or email
Email: [email protected]

If your parents did not graduate from a 4-year university in the United States, you are considered a first-generation (First Gen) college student. First Gen students are hardworking and resilient learners, and we want to help you stay on track as you navigate your learning at Texas State. More information about TXSTEnglish First Gen Resources: https://www.english.txst.edu/.../organizations/firstgen.html

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact (512) 245-2163 at least 72 hours in advance of the event. You can also email [email protected].

10/26/2026

Happening this week!

“I am stronger than I am broken.”
—Roxane Gay, from HUNGER: A MEMOIR OF (MY) BODY

🌟 Roxane Gay, Visiting Writer Event: Therese Kayser Lindsey Literary Series 🌟

EVENT DETAILS
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Reception: 3:00 p.m. | Reading: 3:30 p.m., The Wittliff Collections

WRITER BIO
Roxane Gay’s writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best S*x Writing 2012, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. She is the author of the books Ayiti, An Untamed State, the New York Times bestselling Bad Feminist, the nationally bestselling Difficult Women and the New York Times bestselling Hunger. She is also the author of World of Wakanda for Marvel. She has several books forthcoming and is also at work on television and film projects. She also has a newsletter, The Audacity and once had a podcast, The Roxane Gay Agenda.

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact (512) 245-2163 at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

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Special thanks to our event co-sponsors!
TXST Liberal Arts
Texas State History
Department of Philosophy TXST
Texas State Honors College
Center for the Study of the Southwest

10/23/2026

💫 Visiting Writer Highlights with Bradley Paul 💫

Last month, and welcomed poet and screenwriter Bradley Paul for a series of events as part of the Katherine Anne Porter and Therese Kayser Lindsey Literary Series.

Paul discussed his work across both genres, joined MFA faculty member Doug Dorst for a lively conversation, and participated in an audience Q&A and book signing.

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The Wittliff Collections
Texas State MFA
TXST Liberal Arts

10/12/2026

Pizza with Professors is Oct 15 from 5-6:30 PM in Flowers Hall 108! 🍕🍕🍕 Sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta ⭐ Drop by for free food and a sneak peek into Spring '27 English courses! RSVP (link in comments) so we know if you're a pepperoni or veggie lover 🍕🍅🍄‍🟫

10/04/2026

09/28/2026

💫 University Endowed Chair of Creative Writing Reading with Jonathan Escoffery 💫

Earlier this month, and Texas State MFA ushered in the semester with an event celebrating 2026-2027 University Endowed Chair of Creative Writing Jonathan Escoffery at The Wittliff Collections. 📖

Escoffery read from his work, participated in a Q&A, and signed copies of his critically acclaimed short story collection, IF I SURVIVE YOU. 🖋️