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Celebrating Class of '26 graduating students in English graduate programs: MFA Fiction/Poetry, MA Literature, MA Rhetoric & Composition, MA Technical Communication 💫

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The #TXSTMFA program cordially invites you to join us for our annual 3rd Year Reading, featuring graduating MFA students! 🎓

When: Thursday, May 14, 1-3 PM
Where: Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center

We hope to see you there! ✨

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Excited to welcome back to @txst Marise McDermott ('96), grad of @txstmfa Creative Writing program in Fiction and new executive director of @TheWittliff Collections

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On April 1, the Department of English and MFA Program had the pleasure of celebrating the work of dear colleague Naomi Shihab Nye at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center. 💫

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As #NationalPoetryMonth comes to a close, we’re still buzzing over Associate Professor Dr. Cecily Parks’ recognition as a finalist for the 2026 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection for her collection, THE SEEDS (@AliceJamesBooks).🌱 @TXSTEnglish

Congrats again, Cecily!✨

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Write with us! Poetry in the Quad is happening now! 🪶#nationalpoetrymonth

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Tomorrow: Poetry in the Quad! Grab a poem on your way to class or stay a while and add to our Quad poem a.k.a. corpse poem🪶 Don't know what that is? Come by and find out! 😘 #nationalpoetrymonth

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You left your typewriter at my apartment
Straight from the tortured poets department
I think some things I never say
Like, "Who uses typewriters anyway?"
--Taylor Swift 💫

You can! Try it out: Poetry in the Quad, every Tuesday in April, 11-2 #nationalpoetrymonth #txst #ttpd

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We are also grateful for the writers, readers, and friends who made the afternoon so special—and for the vision of L.D. & Laverne Clark, whose generosity has made this award possible for a decade!

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This week, we celebrated the 10th Annual L.D. & Laverne Clark Fiction Prize with the brilliant @RufiThorpe and her novel MARGOT'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES. We are so grateful to Rufi for an unforgettable reading and dynamic seminar with students!🎉

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Today is the day! Join us for a celebration of Rufi Thorpe, winner of this year’s Clark Prize!

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#TXSTEnglish is excited to announce that @RufiThorpe has won this year's Clark Fiction Prize for MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES (@WmMorrowBooks @trellislit @michellebrower). Thorpe will deliver a public reading at the award ceremony on April 8 at 3 pm at the @TheWittliff! @txstmfa

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Poetry in the Quad: happening now outside Flowers Hall (and every Tuesday in April from 11-2) ✒️

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We can’t wait to celebrate this year’s Clark Prize winner—join us tomorrow as we honor Rufi Thorpe! ✨

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#TXSTEnglish is excited to announce that @RufiThorpe has won this year's Clark Fiction Prize for MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES (@WmMorrowBooks @trellislit @michellebrower). Thorpe will deliver a public reading at the award ceremony on April 8 at 3 pm at the @TheWittliff! @txstmfa

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See you in the Quad every Tuesday in April from 11-2 for pop-up poems and more wordplay🪶 @txstmfa

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April Fools' Day means the beginning of National Poetry Month! No fooling: #TXSTEnglish will be in the Quad every Tuesday in April from 11-2 for pop-up poems and more wordplay 🙃

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Today—hope to see you there!

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🌟 Naomi Shihab Nye, Visiting Writer Event: Katherine Anne Porter Literary Series 🌟

EVENT DETAILS
Pre-Reading Reception: 6:30 p.m.
Reading + Q&A: April 1, 2026, 7 p.m.
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center
KAP House, 508 W Center St, Kyle, TX 78640

@txstmfa @txstla

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Join us tomorrow! 🤩

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🌟 Naomi Shihab Nye, Visiting Writer Event: Katherine Anne Porter Literary Series 🌟

EVENT DETAILS
Pre-Reading Reception: 6:30 p.m.
Reading + Q&A: April 1, 2026, 7 p.m.
Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center
KAP House, 508 W Center St, Kyle, TX 78640

@txstmfa @txstla

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During Step Up For State, support English and help the next generation of Bobcats map a "path to achievement and fulfillment" as LBJ, the 36th US president, said 🌟 Whether it's $3.60 or $36, anything helps when you Step Up For English 💫

https://t.co/KfxrcJzk2V

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Happening today—join us! 🤩

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Carolyn Finney, Visiting Writer Event: Therese Kayser Lindsey Literary Series 🌟

EVENT DETAILS
Reading + Q&A: March 25, 2026, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
The Wittliff Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University

@txstmfa @txstla @TheWittliff

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Coming up tomorrow! ✨

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Carolyn Finney, Visiting Writer Event: Therese Kayser Lindsey Literary Series 🌟

EVENT DETAILS
Reading + Q&A: March 25, 2026, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
The Wittliff Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University

@txstmfa @txstla @TheWittliff