Posts by: Ex Libris

The Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction The Lascaux Review is an online literary journal that provides a showcase for emerging and established storytellers, poets, and essayists.  They welcome submissions from students and teachers of creative writing programs, as well as from other aspiring and seasoned writers of fiction, poetry, and narrative nonfiction. They are pleased to announce the inaugural Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction and would like to invite writers to submit their best stories.  Stories may be previously published or unpublished.  Length should not exceed 10,000 words.  Entry fee is $5, and authors may… Read Article →

Whiskey Wry Productions is having it’s first fundraiser! The founders of Whiskey Wry and the cast of A Sack Full of Coal will be partying at Alley Cat Comics! Join us for some awesome holiday fun. We’ll be having some great treats for the low price of 15 dollars. Including: A variety of beer and wine. Snack food. A Holiday Story Open Mic (tell your best or worst stories about the holidays.) A gingerbread house work station. Get your picture taken with Santa and the Krampus! The viewing of a mystery holiday movie. A raffle… Read Article →

Take a second away from your books and computers to celebrate with some holiday cheer. All are invited to attend a celebratory end of the quarter party at John Barleycorn this Friday, November 8th. The event will include two hours of drink specials after purchasing a $20 wristband. Make sure to show up around 7:30 pm to get your money’s worth. Feel free to invite family and friends; the celebration is meant to be shared.

Introducing The Open Door: The Chicago Writing Program Reading Series The Poetry Foundation Inaugurates a New Event Series The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, inaugurates its new monthly writing program reading series, The Open Door, on Tues., Nov. 19 at 7 pm. The new series celebrates the teacher/student dynamic and is named after Harriet Monroe’s edict in the first issue of Poetry (October 1912): “The Open Door will be the policy of this magazine—may the great poet we are looking for never find it shut, or half-shut, against his ample genius!” The Open Door… Read Article →

How Long Will I Cry    E-Book Event Join the Department of English for an exciting event this Tuesday, November fifth. We will be celebrating the e-book launch for How Long Will I Cry. Both graduate and undergrad students who collected the oral histories printed in the book will be present for a reading. In addition, Borja Cabada will screen the engaging trailer he created for the book. Afterward, a discussion will be held about the How Long Will I Cry and Big Shoulder Books. The event will be Tuesday, Nov. 5th from 6:00 – 7:00… Read Article →

The Scholar’s Vaudeville Hosted by the Haines Sisters In the Humanities Center’s final fall 2013 event in our “Radical Interdisciplinarity” series, the most radical mash-up of genres and disciplines comes to DePaul as the century-old tradition of vaudeville meets contemporary academia. Originally derived from voix de ville (“the voice of the city”), vaudeville literally gave voice to the myriad ways in which the city was alive from the late-19th century until the Great Depression. With this event, the Humanities Center, in conjunction with Chicago artists The Haines Sisters, will give voice to the tradition once… Read Article →

Miles Harvey will be discussing How Long Will I Cry? and Big Shoulders Books on WBEZ radio this afternoon at 2 pm.  To listen to WBEZ on your computer, visit here and follow the link to Listen Live.  WBEZ is on the radio dial at 91.5 AM.

MAWP 2012 graduate Danielle Killgore has had a her story New York City Could Wait published by the Huffington Post Ex Libris asked Danielle to talk a little bit about her process. The story is about my father and his recent bout with depression. The story unfolded quite naturally. I started writing the piece as an outlet for myself and my own understanding, and it formed a story rather easily from there. The main motivation for sharing the story, with my dad’s permission, was to open a dialogue about an issue many shy away from talking… Read Article →

David Mathews’ poem Mothballs has been published David’s latest work, Mothballs, has been published by Eclectica Magazine online. When asked what motivated this particular piece of work David replied, ” One night while on the sofa watching television, I began smelling my girlfriend’s mothball reeking afghan that was her grandmother’s. I started asking my girlfriend questions about her grandmother—she was curious to say the least why I was—just like that, I stumbled into this poem.” Here’s the first stanza from Mothballs: Mothballs My grandmother loved them, placed them everywhere, in circles like the ancients placed… Read Article →

A Scholarship to Study Abroad DePaul alumni who work for the State Department have contacted the DePaul advising network to encourage our students to apply for the Critical Language Scholarship Program.  Specific details are pasted below; but basically, the scholarship allows undergraduate and graduate students to study abroad for the sole purpose of language immersion and language learning. About the Scholarship: A program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program offers intensive summer language institutes in thirteen critical foreign languages. The selection process is… Read Article →

Prof. Selinger is looking for up to three students (graduates or advanced undergraduates) to work as interns on the Journal of Popular Romance Studies (http://jprstudies.org).  Prof. Selinger is the founder and Executive Editor of this peer-reviewed, online journal, which comes out twice a year, in December and June, and is delighted that—for the first time—to be able to work with DePaul students to put the journal together. He is looking for students who have some editing experience, or who have done well in a graduate editing class. In terms of course registration, the internship would be… Read Article →

Marketing Intern – DMC, Inc. Description:  We are seeking an energetic, self-motivated student to work part-time in our Chicago office to assist our marketing team. This is a wonderful opportunity for the right candidate to gain valuable marketing experience and to contribute to a growing company. The marketing intern will assist in generating and posting content to the company website and blog, so strong communications skills are required. Set work hours will need to be established but we are flexible with scheduling. This is a paid position. It’s our goal to maintain an active company… Read Article →

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