The Guild Literary Complex is hiring a project coordinator for Brooksday, an annual event honoring Pulitzer Prize–winning Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks. This paid part-time position will run for about four months, from mid-February to mid-June. The application deadline is February 1, 2015. For more information, see the job posting on the Guild website.
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End-of-Year Remarks and Congratulations
The academic year is nearly at an end, and although some of you will be back next week for summer classes, many of us, including Ex Libris, are taking the summer off. Ex Libris will resume posting at the beginning of the Fall Quarter, in the first week of September. In the meantime, you may…Continue reading End-of-Year Remarks and Congratulations
Faculty News, A Short Fiction Contest, and More
Faculty News: The PEN/ O.Henry Prize Stories 2012 Anthology has just hit the shelves, and DePaul English grad students will recognize a familiar name in the list of prize winners. Congratulations to Professor Christine Sneed, whose short story “The First Wife” is among those stories selected for inclusion. Prof. Sneed’s story will appear alongside other…Continue reading Faculty News, A Short Fiction Contest, and More
Meg Kearney at DePaul and Guild Complex Events for April
Reminder to current students: Tomorrow, April 6th, DePaul University will be closed and classes will not be held. See you Monday! *** Presenters of Enlightenment Through Spoken Word (POETS), the DePaul student poetry club, has invited poet Meg Kearney to read on Lincoln Park Campus next week. Kearney will read from 6 to 7 pm…Continue reading Meg Kearney at DePaul and Guild Complex Events for April
DePaul Students Featured at a Guild Complex Event and a Langston Hughes Performance
Yesterday on Ex Libris we featured an event hosted by the Guild Literary Complex which called for students from each of Chicago’s creative writing graduate programs to read at an open mic. Today we are happy to announce that two students have stepped forward to represent DePaul’s MAWP: Mellissa Gyimah and Jim Shadid. Please join…Continue reading DePaul Students Featured at a Guild Complex Event and a Langston Hughes Performance
Spring PTS Awards, Student News, and More
Current MAE and MAWP students, check your email! The English Department is offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize outstanding academic achievement of students in its two graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for Spring 2012 graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE and MAWP degrees. You are…Continue reading Spring PTS Awards, Student News, and More
Alumni News, Michael Warr Reading, and March Guild Complex Events
Reminder: Tonight,Thursday, March 8th from 6-7:30 p.m.; Cortelyou Commons (reception preceding at 5:30) Scholar Martha Nussbaum will present: “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities,” based on her 2010 book by the same name. *** Alumni News: DePaul MAE graduate Greg Campbell has just been hired to a tenure-line position at the Community College…Continue reading Alumni News, Michael Warr Reading, and March Guild Complex Events
February Literary Events
Believe it or not, tomorrow is the last day of January. Literary-event-wise, it’s going out with a bang with what is sure to be a fascinating reading and reception with author Mahmoud Saeed at the Lincoln Park campus. Luckily, February will be packed with even more great literary events in and around DePaul. Grab your…Continue reading February Literary Events
Spotlight on: The Guild Literary Complex
Andrea Pelose is a second-year MAWP student and Marketing Director for the Guild Literary Complex, among other things. In today’s guest post, Andrea shares her experiences in the Guild Complex with us and explains how (and why!) to get involved. As grad students, we’ve mastered the art of busy. We have workshop pieces to write,…Continue reading Spotlight on: The Guild Literary Complex
Upcoming January Literary Events
Last week we shared with you a list of dates and deadlines for submitting your abstracts, writings, and resumes. Today we have another list of dates to mark in your calendars, but this time of great literary events taking place in the coming weeks. Some are on campus and some are out in the city,…Continue reading Upcoming January Literary Events
Student News & DePaul Humanities Center Conference
Happy Halloween, everyone! Remember the Guild Literary Complex Prose Awards contest? Well, today we are very excited to announce that current M.A.W.P. student Lisa Applegate has been selected as one of 3 semifinalists for the 2011 Prose Award for Short Non-Fiction. Not only that, but Lisa’s piece is an edited version of one she wrote…Continue reading Student News & DePaul Humanities Center Conference
EGSA Halloween Party, Tom Montgomery Fate Reading, & Guild Complex Events
Lots of exciting upcoming events to talk about today! Oh, and have you liked the DePaul University English Graduate Programs on Facebook yet? Well, what are you waiting for?! — The English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) cordially invites all MAE and MAWP students to attend their second-annual Halloween Party, this THURSDAY, OCT. 27TH. Yes, that…Continue reading EGSA Halloween Party, Tom Montgomery Fate Reading, & Guild Complex Events