Today we bring you a very special guest post from Zhanna Vaynberg, a second-year M.A.W.P. student. You may recognize Zhanna’s name from several Student News spots on Ex Libris because she’s gotten a few pieces published this past year. Now she’s here to tell us what she’s learned from these first forays into the wide…Continue reading Welcome to the World of Publishing: Guest Post by Zhanna Vaynberg
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Certificate in Teaching English in the Two-Year College Info Session and Upcoming Career Events
Special update! It has just been confirmed that the guest writers on tomorrow’s DePaul Student Writers Show are English graduate students Bethany Brownholtz and Michael Van Kerckhove. Tune in to hear them read their work on Radio DePaul, radio.depaul.edu, this Friday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. *** Current students, are you interested in an internship at a…Continue reading Certificate in Teaching English in the Two-Year College Info Session and Upcoming Career Events
Publishing Event at DePaul: CityFiles Press
This Monday, Nov. 14th, the English Department and the Visiting Writers Program are hosting a very special event. At 6 p.m. in the new DePaul Art Museum, join Prof. Miles Harvey for a conversation with writers Richard Cahan and Michael Williams, the founders of CityFiles Press. Frustrated by the creative constraints of working with traditional…Continue reading Publishing Event at DePaul: CityFiles Press
Faculty News, an Internship Opportunity, and a Call for Papers
Hopefully everyone has taken a few minutes to read the DePaul Magazine article “When the Teacher is an Author” that we posted about on Monday, because today we are happy to post two more exciting accomplishments of the DePaul English Department faculty. It has just been announced that faculty member Jim Fairhall is the 2012…Continue reading Faculty News, an Internship Opportunity, and a Call for Papers
Student and Alumni News
Are you an alumni or current student of the M.A.E. or M.A.W.P. with news of your own? Please send announcements to Jan Hickey at jhicke11@depaul.edu. Elizabeth Turows (M.A.W.P. ’11) recently accepted a position at Truman College, where she will be teaching a developmental writing class as part of their adjunct faculty. Jennifer Cremerius (M.A.W.P.…Continue reading Student and Alumni News
Summer Reading Meta-List
By M.A.W.P. student Trudie Gauerke Originally published on Read or Rot. Browsing to create a summer reading list can be as fun as reading itself–perhaps that’s why the media is so eager to help. It’s barely June and already over twenty-five notable lists are out for children and adults (in addition to all those issued…Continue reading Summer Reading Meta-List
One Book, One Chicago Neverwhere Literature Contest Winners
The winners of the One Book, One Chicago Neverwhere Literature Contest, as judged by Kate Bernheimer, are: 1st Place: Megan McKeon (for “Attenuating”) 2nd Place: Erica Walker Adams (for “A Very Fine Thing”) 3rd Place: Richard Rodriguez (For “Exterior Decorator Feeling Restless in a Dead Room”) Please join us in congratulating the winners at the Awards…Continue reading One Book, One Chicago Neverwhere Literature Contest Winners
E.G.S.A. Publishes Proceedings of Spring Conference
E.G.S.A. hosted its second annual Spring Conference on April 15, 2011. The conference featured student presentations of academic papers and creative work to fellow graduate students, faculty, and undergraduate students. The event concluded with keynote speaker Hannah Pittard. This year, the conference organizers published a proceedings of the event. This proceedings (and all student work…Continue reading E.G.S.A. Publishes Proceedings of Spring Conference
Alumna News: Rita Leganski
Are you an alumni or current student of the M.A.E. or M.A.W.P. with news of your own? Please send announcements to Molly Tranberg at mtranber@depaul.edu. A warm congratulations goes out to Rita on her accomplishments. Rita Leganski’s (M.A.W.P. ‘09) novel, The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow, was recently acquired by HarperCollins. The last class she took…Continue reading Alumna News: Rita Leganski
My Night as a Writer/Performer
by MAWP student Marianne Chrisos Last Friday, I attended and read at the Threshold Literary Journal 2011 Launch Party. My piece, a creative nonfiction essay called “Solving for X,” was published in the back of this bright and shiny bound-up creature. I am honored and excited. Threshold is a pretty neat thing. And it was…Continue reading My Night as a Writer/Performer
Send Us Your Accomplishments!
Each year at our end-of-year celebration we take time to recognize the achievements of our students. On June 3rd, 3-5pm, at McGaw Hall, we will be honoring graduate students who earned distinction on their Comprehensive exams and/or are receiving their master’s degree “with distinction.” We also want to recognize students who have presented scholarly papers…Continue reading Send Us Your Accomplishments!