Events

Welcome to the lyceum. These free, monthly workshops are held on the third Saturday of the month, and offer writers of every genre and skill level an opportunity to learn, experiment and develop their craft. We hope you’ll join us! Life is complex and so are our experiences. We endure multiple defining moments in our…

Presented in partnership with the SMU Department of Human-Centered Interdisciplinary Studies, Community Conversations provide a forum for local discussion of relevant contemporary topics in the larger literary dialogue. Each conversation will feature a  guest scholar who will facilitate the conversation, as well as contextual readings available prior to the event. For its inaugural conversation, the…

Ralph Ellison, author of what many consider to be the greatest American novel of the 20th Century, was a complicated man. Brilliant, yet complex. Born in 1914 in the deeply segregated neighborhood of Oklahoma City known as “Deep Deuce,” Ellison experienced the poverty and struggle of racism before he could read and experienced profound tragedy…

Join us for a conversation on the poetry of  Charles Baudelaire, one of the greatest poets of the nineteenth century. Gregg Thompson leads the discussion. Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a French poet & essayist, and was a major influence on both French and English language literature. Gregg Thompson makes his living as a real…