2023 Schedule

We appreciate everyone’s support in making the 2023 festival a success. Take a look at what panels took place in 2023!


Tuning off with Musicians
Mar
4

Tuning off with Musicians

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It’s All About the Instrument
Mar
4

It’s All About the Instrument

  • 3225 University Boulevard Dallas, TX, 75205 United States (map)
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Featuring: Brendan Slocumb (Violin Conspiracy), Rosalyn Story, Deborah Crombie (A Killing of Innocents), and Jerry Hawkins, Moderator.

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Boulevard Bulletin: SMU Students (Room 115)
Mar
4

Boulevard Bulletin: SMU Students (Room 115)

The Boulevard Bulletin @boulevardbulletinsmu is an Instagram satirical magazine started in 2021 by a group of SMU undergraduates. The Boulevard Bulletin is a Student Organization open to any SMU student. They hold brainstorming sessions each month, generating ideas for new stories and assigning writers. The panel will discuss the role of satire on today's university campus and their writing process, their hopes for BB’s future, as well as read from their work. @boulevardbulletinsmu

Moderator: Dr. Susan Norman is the Boulevard’s faculty sponsor. She teaches in the Writing and Reasoning program. Student Panelists " the Bulles": Tamal Pilla, BB President ; Josh Baier, Editor/Writer; Callie Oden-Writer/BB Executive Board.


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DFW's Community Park
Mar
4

DFW's Community Park

Featuring: Mag Gabbert, Kendra Allen, KB Brookins, and Sebastian Paramo, Moderator

DFW-based poets discuss their work and how they engage with their communities in their work on and off the page. From organizing events to writing about place and memory, these poets share the importance of writing within a community.

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High School Student Contest Winners (Room 115)
Mar
4

High School Student Contest Winners (Room 115)

Featuring : Life High School in Waxahachie and Stacie Megally, Moderator

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Project Fire Bones (Room 116)
Mar
4

Project Fire Bones (Room 116)

Featuring : Greg Brownderville and Bart Weiss

Greg Brownderville (showrunner / writer / creator) and Bart Weiss (director) will screen key scenes from their groundbreaking project Fire Bones, the world's first "go-show."

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The Publishing Process
Mar
4

The Publishing Process

Featuring: Ali Kominsky (Dupree/Miller Agent), Cassidy Sachs (Random House Editor), Amber LaFrance (CultureHype President + Executive Publicist), and Noelle LeVeaux, Moderator.

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Kairos Panel (Room 115)
Mar
4

Kairos Panel (Room 115)

Featuring: Melissa Whitler, Simone Melvin, Rowan Goble, Sarah Mende, Caroline Roman

Some of the members of SMU’s student run literary magazine, Kairos, will discuss the creation of a publication from the creative process to production and distribution.

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Dallas Authors Read
Mar
4

Dallas Authors Read

Featuring: Kendra Allen (Fruit Punch), Latoya Watkins (Perish), Alex Temblador (Half Outlaw), and Timothy Diovanni, Moderator.  

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MA, MFA and PHD Programs Discussion (rOOM 116)
Mar
4

MA, MFA and PHD Programs Discussion (rOOM 116)

Featuring: Tarfia Faizullah, Laura Kopchick, Ashley Mag Gabbert, and Jacob Rubin, Moderator

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Children's Books: Noelle LeVeaux
Mar
4

Children's Books: Noelle LeVeaux

Featuring: Noelle LeVeaux (I Miss You When I Sleep)

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The Art of Literary Translation (Room 116)
Mar
4

The Art of Literary Translation (Room 116)

Featuring: Jenny Bhatt, Shelby Vincent, Sean Cotter, and Riley Rennhack, Moderator

Deep Vellum translators read from their work, discuss the challenges and pleasures of literary translation, the role of the translator in the current literary landscape, and what brought them to translation in the first place.

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Poetry in the City
Mar
4

Poetry in the City

Featuring: Katie Condon, Destiny Birdsong (Negotiations & Nobody’s Magic), Tarfia Faizullah (Registers of Illuminated Villages), and Stacie McCormick, Moderator.

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Shara Jeyarajah: Maladjusted Podcast (Room 115)
Mar
4

Shara Jeyarajah: Maladjusted Podcast (Room 115)

Shara Jeyarajah: Maladjusted Podcast. “Predominantly White”

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Children's Books: Nancy Churnin
Mar
4

Children's Books: Nancy Churnin

Featuring: Nancy Churnin (Dear Dr. Dickens)

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SMU and Austin College Student Reading (Room 115)
Mar
4

SMU and Austin College Student Reading (Room 115)

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Children's Books: Aryele Maye
Mar
4

Children's Books: Aryele Maye

Featuring : Aryele Maye (Mel’s Missing Drumstick)

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Art Contest with Dallas College Students (Room 116)
Mar
4

Art Contest with Dallas College Students (Room 116)

Featuring Dallas College Renee Taken, Ricky Rios, Tonatiuh Perez, and Giraud Polite as moderator

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Who Dun-It
Mar
4

Who Dun-It

Featuring: Kathleen Kent (Black Wolf ), John Vercher (After the Lights Go Out), and David Hale Smith (Moderator).

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Dallas Literary Festival - Opening Session
Mar
4

Dallas Literary Festival - Opening Session

  • 3225 University Boulevard Dallas, TX, 75205 United States (map)
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Join us along with Joaquin Zihuatanejo (Dallas Poet Laureate), Katrice Hardy (DMN Executive Editor), and Samantha Guzman (Dallas Morning News , Arts Access Coordinating Editor).

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