The 语言文学系 often hosts visiting writers who give public readings, visit classes, 举办研讨会.
新闻发言人系列的新成员
The 语言文学系 新闻发言人系列的新成员 was established in October 2021 to highlight authors and their recently published works during the academic year. The 新闻发言人系列的新成员 highlights an academic work every fall and a creative work every spring.
DA阅读系列
The DA阅读系列 is a namesake of DSU’s student literary magazine, 达:德尔塔艺术杂志. 2020年推出, the DA Reading Series invites writers to connect with students and the community in an open setting that allows for an open conversation about the craft. Da,以前被称为 Confidante, was renamed in 2014 to honor long time member of the 语言文学系 Professor Dorothy “Da” Shawhan.
其他近期到访的作家
娜塔莎崔德威当时
娜塔莎崔德威当时从她的书中朗读 Native Guard, the work that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, to a packed house in Jobe Hall Auditorium. 从2012年到2014年,Trethewey担任美国首席执行官.S. Poet Laureate. 2012年至2016年,她担任密西西比州桂冠诗人.
凯瑟琳•皮尔斯
Pierce, 2018 winner of the Pushcart Prize for her poem “I Kept Getting Books About Birds” and professor at Mississippi State University, 读她书中的选段 龙卷风就是世界 (农神节,2016)和 奇特的女孩 (Saturnalia, 2012) in the seminar room of the Capps Archives Building. In 2021, Pierce was selected to serve as Poet Laureate of Mississippi until 2025.
肯德尔邓克尔伯格
Dunkelberg, poet and Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Mississippi University for Women, 阅读他的收藏 堰洲岛套房 在卡普斯档案馆的画廊里. Currently, Dunkelberg serves as Director of the Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium at the W.
Richard Ford
他的小说获得了普利策小说奖 Independence Day, poses with Delta State students who attended a reading and book signing at the Alumni House.
Dave Smith
Smith, 两次入围普利策诗歌奖, 在南方文学节上与KOK体育app官方下载软件官方手机版app下载的学生见面.