Hendrix-Murphy Foundation - Programs in Literature and Language

Submissions are now open for the 2022-2023 Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Student and Alumni Playwriting Contests . The two contests are judged by a professional playwright a...

CONWAY, Ark. (October 20 , 2022)- Poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib will read and discuss his work on Thursday, November 10 , at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recita...

CONWAY, Ark. (October 1, 2022)-Ornithologist, writer, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow J. Drew Lanham, will read and discuss his work on Wednesday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves ...

The Nation's Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, will read and discuss her work on Thursday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Staples Auditorium on the Hendrix College campus. A boo k si g...

all public events are free and everyone is welcome no tickets or reservations required Playwright’s Theatre: A Seriously Shakespearean Drama Club by Carlee Shepard ...

Hendrix College’s 25th annual Playwright’s Theatre will be held on Friday, September 9, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in Cabe Theatre on the Hendrix College campus. This year’s play, A Seri...

Danielle Kuntz, English with an emphasis in creative writing major, studied abroad at the University of Oxford in Fall of 2021. A native of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Kuntz...

Last summer Murphy Scholars Lauren Berry and Marni Younger ’22 hiked 240 miles over 23 days, completing the John Muir Trail with their fellow Hendrix classmate Hailey Johnston ’...

Utilizing her Murphy Scholar travel funds, Anushka Yadava ’22 spent one of her winter breaks studying abroad in Spain. As a Biochemistry—Molecular Biology (BCMB) major, Yad...

With the help of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation, Murphy Scholar Sidra Hanson '22 completed a total of four Murphy Scholar projects, including two trips abroad. Hanson spent the ...

Congratulations to the 2022 graduating cohort of Murphy Scholars! A Farewell Fest celebrating the accomplishments of 29 senior scholars was held on May 2. Students were recogni...

April 8 marked the final presentation of “4-H: Hendrix-Grown Theatre,” featuring plays by Phillip Powell, Jay Vicente, and Elizabeth Yang. The program, which is based ...

Over spring break, the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation supported Murphy Visiting Fellow in Poetry Dr. Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach in taking a group of students to the Association of Write...

Via Hendrix College : CONWAY, Ark. (April 6, 2022) – Thirty-four first-year Hendrix College students selected for the Murphy Scholars Program were formally inducted into the...

Revolutionary Reads is a student-led book group that discusses literary works about race and social justice. This month’s selection is Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. In this co...

This year’s Murphy Visiting Theatre Director is actor, director, and teaching artist Marti Gobel. Gobel is an adjunct professor at Marquette University and earned her BA in Perfor...

In February we were honored to have hosted Murphy Visiting Playwright Lynn Nottage who is the first, and remains the only, woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice. No...

Submissions are open for the 2022-2023 Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Student and Alumni Playwriting Contests. These contests are open to all Hendrix College students and alumni. First...

Join Hendrix-Murphy on Wednesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. in Worsham Performance Hall for An Evening with Mayda del Valle. Born and reared on the South Side of Chicago, Mayda del V...

Join Hendrix-Murphy on Tuesday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall for An Evening with Writer-in-Residence Frederick McKindra. McKindra is an essayist and fiction writ...