语言文学系经常邀请来访的作家进行公开朗读, 访问类, 和 conduct workshops.
Fresh from the Press Speaker Series
语言文学系于2021年10月成立,旨在突出作者和他们在学年期间最近出版的作品. 新鲜的新闻演讲者系列突出了学术工作,每年秋天和每年春天的创意工作.
DA Readings Series
DSU阅读系列是以DSU的学生文学杂志命名的, Da: Journal of Delta Arts. Launched in 2020, DA阅读系列邀请作家在开放的环境中与学生和社区建立联系,允许对工艺进行公开对话. Da, formerly known as 红颜知己, 于2014年更名,以纪念长期担任语言文学系教授的多萝西·“达”·沙文.
Other Recent Visiting Writers
Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey reads from her book 本机警卫他的作品获得了2007年普利策诗歌奖(Pulitzer Prize for Poetry). From 2012-2014, Trethewey served as U.S. 桂冠诗人. From 2012-2016, She served as 桂冠诗人 of Mississippi.
Hodding 卡特, III
卡特, nationally known journalist 和 television news commentator, delivers the keynote address at the dedication of the S. Wayne Thompson Journalism Lab.
Catherine 皮尔斯
皮尔斯, 2018年因诗歌《我一直在找KOK体育app官方下载软件官方手机版app下载鸟类的书》获得手推车奖,并成为密西西比州立大学的教授, read selections from her books The Tornado is the World (Saturnalia, 2016) 和 The Girls of Peculiar (Saturnalia, 2012)在卡普斯档案馆的研讨室里. 2021年,皮尔斯被选为密西西比州桂冠诗人,任期至2025年.
Kendall 邓克尔伯格
邓克尔伯格, 诗人兼密西西比女子大学创意写作硕士项目主任, read from his collection Barrier Isl和 Suite in the gallery of the Capps Archives Building. 目前,邓克尔伯格在华盛顿大学担任尤多拉·韦尔蒂作家研讨会主任.
Greg Alan Brownderville
Brownderville, winner of the 2007 Porter Prize for his book Deep Down in the Delta, read selections from his book 阵风 in the Wright Art Gallery.
理查德•福特
Ford, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel Independence Day在校友之家参加读书和签售会的德尔塔州立大学学生合影留念.
戴夫史密斯
史密斯, two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, visits with Delta State students at the Southern Literary Festival.