In early 2026, the Student Engagement Committee (which started with Danielle Brady, Jill Davis-Steele, Dylan Henderson, Sarah-Marie Horning, and Elliott Jacobson) was looking for ways to encourage students and reward good writing.
With that goal in mind, the committee launched The Texan Writer, a literary journal dedicated to the essays, articles, and letters written by students for the Department of English and Languages.
The first issue of The Texan Writer appeared in late spring 2026.
The journal is now published twice a year, once in the spring and again in the fall.
In some ways, The Texan Writer is a spiritual successor to the collections of student writing published by Dr. Randy Popken: The Tarleton Freshman Writer, The Tarleton Writer, and The Popken Writer.
Though Dr. Popken passed away in 2005, his influence is still felt.
“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.”
—Francis Bacon
The Texan Writer 
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