Posts by: Ex Libris

Join past Nelson Algren Short Story Award winners in kicking off the 2014 contest with a stimulating evening focusing on the process of creative writing.  Tribune literary editor Elizabeth Taylor will guide the discussion with previous winners.  There will be ample opportunities for questions about writing challenges and conundrums. January 27th,  $20, 7 p.m. Tribune Tower, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago Printers Row Members: Enter the promotional code “FreeTicket” and use your membership number to redeem your free member ticket. Buy Tickets

A Chicago Humanities Festival Gary Shteyngart is the unlikely offspring of Anton Chekhov and Judd Apatow. His new memoir, Little Failure, takes us from his Lenin-loving, ratty-fur-overcoat-wearing childhood in Russia to the triumphs and catastrophes of his Queens adolescence. Shteyngart will be joined in conversation by Aleksandar Hemon, another brilliantly funny immigrant who found his calling as an American writer. We are proud to partner with Unabridged Bookstore to offer hardcover copies of Little Failure as part of book & ticket packages. If you purchase a book & ticket package, you will pick up your… Read Article →

In Conversation With Great Minds January 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Free Crispin Glover Thursday, January 30, 2014 • 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. DePaul Student Center, 120 • 2250 N. Sheffi eld Ave. Th e DePaul Humanities Center is proud to inaugurate a new annual series with actor, director, screenwriter, recording artist, author, and artist Crispin Hellion Glover. Perhaps best known for playing eccentric characters in such Hollywood movies as Back to the Future, River’s Edge, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Willard, Charlie’s Angels, and Alice in Wonderland, the multi-talented and multi-faceted Glover… Read Article →

Planning the Good Death Featuring: Deborah Carr, Rutgers University, Professor of Sociology Angelika Cedzich, DePaul University, Associate Professor of Religious Studies Dr. Julie Goldstein, Medical Director, Clinical Ethics and Palliative Medicine,Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center As a culture we tend to rage against the dying of the light, seeing a concept such as “the good death”as oxymoronic. Socrates tells us, however, that true lovers of wisdom must spend their whole livespreparing to die, properly. We thus come together across disciplines to ask what it means to preparefor death and what role such preparation might play… Read Article →

Graduate Student Wine and Cheese Reception On Tuesday, January 29 is a Graduate Student Wine and Cheese Reception in Lincoln Park.  It will occur at Cortelyou Commons from 4 to 6p.m. Students will get to network and socialize with graduate and professional students from across the university. Students should RSVP here.

The Chicago Writers Conference Wants to Help You Get Published If your New Year’s resolution is to get your book published, then you won’t want to miss our January Writers Night Out Workshop! Join us for Approaching Literary Agents: Query Letter 101 on Monday, January 13, 2014 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm at Lillstreet Loft.  Literary Agent Joanna Mackenzie (Browne & Miller Literary Associates) will teach you the dos and don’ts of crafting a professional, attention-grabbing query letter. Register Now