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.
密西西比大学出版社，2019
同性恋福克纳和承认南方酷儿的重要性 by 菲利普·“皮普”·戈登—October 5, 2021
Phillip Gordon delighted a near capacity crowd as he discussed his research methods and findings for his book Gay Faulkner: Uncovering a Homosexual Presence in Yoknapatawpha and Beyond. The book explores the intimate friendships William Faulkner maintained with gay men and places his fiction into established canons of LGBTQ literature. Gay Faulkner offers a full consideration of his relationship to gay history and identity in the twentieth century, giving rise to a new understanding of this most important of American authors.
大头照由特丽·范·奥曼提供.
Gordon is an associate professor of English and coordinator of Gay Studies at University of Wisconsin—Platteville, 他和他的狗住在哪里, Scout. 他的演讲是DSU年度LGBTQ+庆祝活动的一部分 Okra Out.
Acre Book, 2022
公开阅读 Headless 施洗约翰搭便车 by C.T. Salazar—April 19, 2022
C.T. Salazar drew a standing room only crowd to the Capps Archives Building to hear him read from his long awaited debut full-length book 无头施洗约翰搭便车. 这本书描绘了一幅独特的南方景象. 虽然不嫩, 萨拉查用他独特的声音揭示了这种脆弱性, mercy, 在南方的人和地方都能找到奇迹. His use of the lyric “I” embroils the reader into the tangled world that is Salazar’s South.
大头照由C提供. T. Salazar.
Salazar is a Latinx poet and serves a reference and instructional services librarian at Delta State University’s Roberts-LaForge Library and as the university archivist for Delta State.
北卡罗来纳大学出版社，2021年
怪诞的亲密关系:性别、暴力和种植园想象 by Amy K. King—October 4, 2022
Amy King captivated her audience as she discussed her research and findings for her book Grotesque Touch: Women, Violence, and Contemporary Circum-Caribbean Narratives (北卡罗来纳大学出版社，2021年). Analyzing films, 电视节目, novels, short stories, poems, 书籍封面和绘画, 金展示了当代媒体如何 reuses salacious and stereotypical depictions of relationships between women living within the plantation system to confront the legacy of racism.
Amy King提供的大头照.
金是塔斯基吉大学的英语助理教授.
多语种口语诗歌表演 by Omekongo Dibinga—April 26, 2023
Omekongo Dibinga mesmerized his audience with a selection of his spoken word poetry delivered in English, French, and Swahili. 他的作品和表演曾在 O Magazine， CNN, BET, BBC, TEDx和NPR. 根据他的网站，“博士. Omekongo Dibinga 向上者是谁. His life’s mission is to inspire all across the globe to take a stand when they witness an injustice, 无论大小.他用自己在校园里的表现，传递了这一信息.
大头照由 Omekongo Dibinga.
迪宾加是美国大学的高级教授讲师. This performance was made possible through a grant from the Phil Hardin Foundation and done in partnership with the Rosedale Freedom Project.
ELJ出版社，2023
Readings from 恐怕我知道的太多了…… by 奥克塔维亚·布朗罗—2023年10月26日
Mississippi-native 奥克塔维亚·布朗罗 delighted a packed audience as she read excerpts from her essay collection 恐怕我现在太了解自己了, 回到我以前认识的人, And Oh Lord, 当我知道了我所能知道的一切之后，我会是谁? (ELJ出版社，2023). In 恐怕我知道的太多了……, Brownlow uses the pursuit of honesty and optimism to explore the human body, familial roles, natural hair, 幸福的现实和它的纯粹. 阅读结束后, 她回答了有关她写作过程的问题, inspiration, 还有养蜂人的职业生涯.
Headshot courtesy 奥克塔维亚·布朗罗.
布朗罗是密西西比州黑鹰市本地人. She is a graduate of Mississippi Valley State University with a BA in English, 以及密西西比女子大学创意写作硕士学位.
路易斯安那州立大学出版社，2022
The Tacky South edited by 凯瑟琳•伯内特 and 莫妮卡·卡罗尔·米勒—2024年2月16日
凯瑟琳•伯内特 and 莫妮卡·卡罗尔·米勒 gave an entertaining multimedia presentation and discussed the development process for their edited volume The Tacky South (路易斯安那州立大学出版社，2022). The Tacky South 考察了美国南方的地域美学和社会美学, racial, classist, and gender-based constructs that have merged to create the idea of “tackiness” through eighteen fun and insightful essays that range from nineteenth-century local color fiction to the influence of Dolly Parton in southern imagery and culture.
凯瑟琳•伯内特 & 莫妮卡·卡罗尔·米勒
Burnett is an associate professor of English at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. Miller is an associate professor of English at Middle Georgia State University in Macon, Georgia.
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.
C.T. Salazar
密西西比裔拉丁诗人C.T. Salazar (the 2020 recipient of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award in poetry) launched the DA阅读系列 on October 15, 2020, 从他的书中摘录 四十针在摇摇欲坠的木板上缝合尸体 Night. 读数是通过Zoom进行的, allowing the audience the chance to submit questions throughout the reading and receive an immediate responses. 朗读是DSU西班牙裔传统日庆祝活动的一部分. Salazar began working at Delta State’s Roberts-LaForge Library in August 2021 as a reference and instructional services librarian before becoming the University’s archivist in 2024.
动物心脏出版社，2020
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.
霍丁·卡特，III
Carter, 全国知名记者和电视新闻评论员, 在美国空军基地落成典礼上发表主题演讲. 韦恩·汤普森新闻实验室.
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.
格雷格·艾伦·布朗德维尔
布朗德维尔，2007年波特奖得主 在三角洲深处他读了他书中的选段 Gust 在赖特美术馆展出.
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.
Anna Wolfe
沃尔夫，普利策奖获奖调查记者 密西西比州的今天, help a public conversation about her work on investigating the scheme to defraud the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
