*REMINDER: Tomorrow, Tuesday Oct. 25th is the LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS for the Autumn Quarter.* — Exciting news for social media aficionados: DePaul University English Graduate Programs is now on Facebook! If you’re a Facebook user, hop on over and “like” our page to connect with your friends and classmates and get even more updates on your favorite graduate programs. — The deadline for Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival’s Fiction Contest is approaching fast, and the organizers are excited to unearth new writing talent. Amy Hempel, the master of the short form, will… Read Article →
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Two exciting Faculty News updates today: Congratulations are due to Christine Sneed, who has just sold a novel, Little Known Facts, to Bloomsbury. And her short story, “The First Wife,” which appeared in the December2010/January 2011 issue of the New England Review, has been selected for this year’s O. Henry Prize Anthology. Congratulations also to Lesley Kordecki on the publication of her new book, Ecofeminist Subjectivities: Chaucer’s Talking Birds, which analyzes the interaction between gender and species in Chaucer’s poetry and interprets his adaptation of medieval genres through an ecofeminist lens. The book is a… Read Article →
Happy National Day on Writing, everyone! How are you celebrating writing today? Perhaps by catching the Essay Fiesta performance coming up in the student center? And have you been checking Winter 2012 for course descriptions? We’re right in the middle of registration week and almost all of them are up. Best of luck to everyone registering for classes. — Grad Students: If you ever have an issue you would like to bring to the DePaul Student Government Association (SGA), Morgan Taylor is your representative on the 2011-2012 SGA Senate. Morgan Taylor is the Senator for… Read Article →
Did you know that this Thursday, Oct. 20 is the National Day on Writing? The National Day on Writing, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, honors the significance of writing in our lives and draws attention to the remarkable variety of writing that we engage in. NDW emphasizes the lifelong process of learning to write and encourages Americans to write, enjoy, and learn from the writing of others. In honor of National Day on Writing, the University Center for Writing-based Learning Writers Guild is teaming up with Essay Fiesta to present a… Read Article →
Today’s post is a quick recap of the first 2011-2012 meeting of the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) which took place last Sunday. If you weren’t able to make it to the meeting, it’s still not too late to get involved. E.G.S.A. is looking for lots more MAE and MAWP students to help plan and participate in lots of great social and cultural events! From EGSA’s Trudie Gauerke: Thank you to everyone who came to the EGSA informational meeting and the social at John Barleycorn last Sunday. Are you interested in EGSA but were unable… Read Article →
Just a handful of announcements and reminders for today: Grad students: are you ready to begin enrolling in Winter 2012 courses? Enrollment appointments will take place throughout the coming week, so check your Campus Connect account if you haven’t already. If you’re still deciding on classes and you’re curious about course descriptions, check Ex Libris frequently, because professors and sending them in, and we’re posting them here as we get them. — The Chicago Humanities Festival has three internship opportunities available for January-May 2012. The application deadline is Nov. 15. Details can be found on… Read Article →
This is a great week to get involved with the Guild Literary Complex and check out some of their Chicago literary events, because tomorrow begins their “Mid-October Sampler Platter.” There’s lots to choose from! Tuesday Oct. 11th: “Crossing State Lines: An American Renga” A film screening, discussion and renga poetry from Crossing State Lines: An American Renga with the Poetry Foundation. CSL features 54 poets from around the country, and the evening will include light refreshments, clips from a documentary film about the project, and the chance to be a part of a future Chicago… Read Article →
The Red Clay Review, the nation’s only literary review to feature exclusively the work of graduate and doctoral students, is seeking submissions for this year’s edition of the Review. Red Clay Review is accepting poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and one act/ten-minute plays from both new and established authors, with the desire to give voice to the many talented graduate and doctoral students who are starting or continuing their journey as authors. There is no fee for submissions, and any student in a graduate or doctoral program is welcome to submit, not just… Read Article →
In anticipation of the release of her new book, At-Risk, and the book-release party taking place on campus this coming Monday, we would like to take this time to turn the Ex Libris spotlight on DePaul’s own Prof. Amina Gautier. Praise for At-Risk, winner of the Flannery O’Connor award for Short Fiction: “In this wonderful collection Amina Gautier writes with exhilarating insight and confidence about the lives of teenagers who are indeed at risk from themselves, their families and their friends. These are urgent and important stories.” —Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune… Read Article →
Threshold is DePaul’s award-winning, all-student journal of literature and art, and they need your help to make this year’s issue happen! Threshold is soliciting applications for editors for the 2012 issue. If you are interested in getting involved, please write a 1-2 page application letter describing your relevant experience and commitment, as well as your vision for the magazine, and place it in faculty adviser Prof. Dan Stolar’s mailbox in McGaw 255 by Wednesday, Oct. 12th. If you are interested in working with the magazine, but not necessarily taking on the commitment of being co-editor,… Read Article →
If you’re a returning MAE or MAWP student, you might have been thinking, I wonder what happened to E.G.S.A. If you’re new to the program, you’re probably thinking, What in the world is E.G.S.A.? In either case, Ex Libris has the answers. The English Graduate Student Association (E.G.S.A.) brings together students in the Master of Arts in English and Master of Arts in Writing and Publishing graduate programs, seeking to enhance the experience of the students in both programs through social and cultural events in and around Chicago. Check out E.G.S.A.’s Ex Libris page for information… Read Article →
We’re starting the week off on a high note, with news about publications from two of our faculty members and an invitation to a MAWP gathering. — Prof. Michele Morano‘s essay, “Boy Eats World,” is published in the current issue of the creative nonfiction journal, Fourth Genre. In addition, her essay, “Evenings at the Collegeview Diner,” which appeared last fall in Water~Stone Review, has been named a “Notable Essay” in this year’s Best American Essays anthology. Congratulations to Prof. Morano on these great honors! Kathleen Rooney‘s second single-authored book of poetry, Robinson Alone Provides the… Read Article →