SMU presents the Dallas Literary Festival as a way to showcase and encourage conversations about contemporary literature, both on campus and in the larger community.
Chekwube Danladi, author of Semiotics, winner of the 2019 Cave Canem Poetry Prize in conversation with Tyehimba Jess, author of Olio, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
With an introduction by Kendra Allen, author of When You Learn the Alphabet and The Collection Plate.
Supporting Authors & Independent Bookstores:
Please consider buying books by our festival authors from one of the Dallas-area bookstores here, or from your own local independent bookseller.