Official account of the Department of English @txst 🪶 Literature, Film & Media, Creative Writing, Rhetoric & Composition, Technical Communication

San Marcos, TX
Joined November 2019
“I am stronger than I am broken.” —Roxane Gay, from HUNGER: A MEMOIR OF (MY) BODY 🌟 Roxane Gay, Visiting Writer Event: Therese Kayser Lindsey Literary Series 🌟 EVENT DETAILS Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 3:30 PM, @TheWittliff · Campus Reading @txstmfa @txstla
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Visit the department website for more info about the TKL literary series and TKL events: english.txst.edu/about/tkl/t…
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Special thanks to our co-sponsoring organizations: @TXSTHistory @PhilosophyTxst @CSSWTXST @TXSTHonors
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💫 University Endowed Chair of Creative Writing Reading with Jonathan Escoffery 💫 Earlier this month, #TXSTEnglish and @txstmfa ushered in the semester with an event celebrating 2026-2027 University Endowed Chair of Creative Writing Jonathan Escoffery @TheWittliff. 📖 @txstla
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🌟 Distinguished Professor of Poetry Reading with Ada Limón 🌟 Last week, #TXSTEnglish & @txstmfa honored Distinguished Professor of Poetry Ada Limón with a reading & book signing @TheWittliff in collaboration with @txstla as part of its Front Porch Series. 📚️ @txst @kdamp
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#TXSTEnglish MATC grad student Audrey Saathoff ('27) and Assistant Professor Dr. Timothy Ponce published their article, "When Résumés Become Instructions: Rhetorical Governance and Prompt Injection in AI-Mediated Hiring" in *Business and Professional Communication Quarterly*💫1/3
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The article emerged from research that Audrey did with Dr. Ponce during a directed studies MATC class during the Spring 2026 semester 💫
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Happening today!
Ada Limón, #TXSTEnglish Distinguished Professor of Poetry & 24th US Poet Laureate @TheWittliff Collections: Sept. 17, 6-7PM If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact (512) 245-2317 at least 72 hours in advance of the event.
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Texas State English retweeted
Ada Limón, @TXSTEnglish Distinguished Professor of Poetry and 24th U.S. Poet Laureate, will read her work at #TheWittliff at @txst on 9/17, 6-7 p.m., with a book signing to follow. Free and open to the public! #TXST #TXSTEnglish @txstla @txstmfa
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See you this evening!
✨ Bradley Paul, Visiting Writer Event: Katherine Anne Porter Literary Series ✨ EVENT DETAILS Wed., September 16, 2026 · 6:00 PM Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center 508 W Center St, Kyle, TX 78640 📚 Note: This event will consist of a poetry reading + Q&A. @txstmfa @txstla
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