Karly Kirkpatrick (MAWP) recently published her debut young-adult novel, Into the Shadows. Read the press release below for more information on Karly, the book, and where to buy it. Local Author and Epublishing Expert Debuts Young Adult Novel When thinking of the best way to reach a young adult audience, Elgin-based author Karly Kirkpatrick decided to dive into the new technology she kept reading about. “Ebooks are going to be for literature what iTunes has been for music. The younger generation is no longer satisfied with getting their entertainment the way previous generations have. Just… Read Article →
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You are invited to attend the Newberry Center for Renaissance Students 2011 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference to be held January 27-29. Seventy-two graduate students from consortium institutions throughout the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. will present their research during the conference’s eighteen sessions. Two DePaul University Masters in English students, Brianna Tonner and Diana Anderson, will be presenting. Support from their peers and colleagues is appreciated and encouraged. From the website: The Center for Renaissance Studies’ annual graduate student conference, organized and run by advanced doctoral students, has become a premier opportunity for maturing scholars… Read Article →
This guest post by graduate assistant Javaria Afghani explores the current state of the book publishing industry and small, independently-owned bookstores during a night at Women and Children First in Andersonville. She attended a book reading for Professor Christine Sneed, who teaches creative writing in the MAWP program. On November 17th, I attended Christine Sneed’s book release party for Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry (University of Massachusetts Press, 2010) at Women and Children First in Andersonville. Christine, as many of her students call her, is a warm and encouraging… Read Article →
This guest-post is from graduate assistant and MAWP student Andrew McNamara. As associate editor for Poetry East, Andrew has learned a lot about poetry this quarter. Read on to learn more about the journal. Admittedly, I’m no poet. I know Ezra Pound from James Dickey, and like most, I’ve read Maya Angelou. But I’m not intimately familiar with the world of modern poetry, its poets, or the myriad of journals dedicated to the craft. But somehow I find myself working every day, up to my elbows in poetry, and loving it. My renewed (if it… Read Article →
Please join the Department of English in congratulating Nancy Grossman on the coming publication of her first novel by Disney/Hyperion! It’s a Young Adult novel, the story of an Amish girl on the brink of rumspringa, the period when Amish adolescents are permitted to run wild as they prepare to make their adult decisions. The working title was “Flight of Fancy,” but it’s since been changed to “A Wandering Heart” and Nancy is hoping that it will change again. The release is planned for the fall of 2012. Congratulations, Nancy!
In his monthly series, Matthew Fledderjohann (MAE) discusses his adventures and misadventures teaching English Literature abroad. Read his previous post on Kazakhstan here. This post, written in response to a comment on his previous story, explores Kazakhstan’s response to the movie Borat. I lived in Kazakhstan for twenty-seven months and I never once met Borat Sagdiyev. The closest I ever got to his global celebrity was seeing the pluralization of his name on a sign outside a commerce building in city of Shymkent. “Borats”—posted above an uncertain advertisement depicting an extreme close-up of a high-heeled… Read Article →
You are invited to attend DePaul’s Inaugural Book Tasting, which features DePaul faculty and their recently published books, on December 8th at 6 p.m. Treat yourself to hors d’oeuvres and a wine tasting while you “taste” new books written by DePaul faculty, including English department faculty Achy Obejas and Rebecca Johns Trissler. You must be 21 or older to attend, and an RSVP is required. The event will be held in the University Center Conference Chicago, 525 S. State St. Please visit the DePaul Newsline for more information on this event.
Interested in networking? This guest post by Lindsay Branca (MAWP), who is a student member of Chicago Women in Publishing, will explain how to get involved in one of Chicago’s best publishing organizations. Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) is a non-profit volunteer organization that serves the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. Don’t let the name fool you, though, it’s not just women who are members of this organization. CWIP was formed in 1972 for professionals in the publishing industry and allied fields. Its members are copy and manuscript editors, web content writers and… Read Article →
Chicago Publishes, a new online resource and community for Chicago’s publishing industry, launched its brand-spanking-new (and eye-catching) website today. A launch party for the website is scheduled for this afternoon. The party begins at 4 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center in the GAR Rotunda and Claudia Cassidy Theater. This event is also a launch for the website ChicagoArtistsResource.org. The event description is as follows: “Join us to celebrate the launch of two new literary websites: ChicagoPublishes.com and CAR-Literary on ChicagoArtistsResource.org. Don’t miss: *Performances by The Paper Machete (thepapermacheteshow.com) — *A website walk-through by artist… Read Article →
From The Common Review‘s website: The submission period will open in November for the second annual Short Story Prize 2011! First prize: $400 and publication Second prize: $200 Third prize: $150 The 2011 guest judge is Gina Frangello! Gina Frangello is the author of two critically acclaimed books of fiction, Slut Lullabies (Emergency Press 2010) and My Sister’s Continent (Chiasmus 2006). She is the executive editor and co-founder of Other Voices Books and the editor of the fiction section at The Nervous Breakdown. Gina’s short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in a wide array of publications including Prairie… Read Article →
From the DePaul Humanities Center: Please join us as Terry Eagleton, Distinguished Professor of English Literature at the University of Lancaster, discusses C.P. Snow’s The Two Cultures on Monday, November 8, 2010. Professor Eagleton is the first speaker in the Humanities Center’s 2010-2011 lectures series: Reflections on C.P. Snow’s The Two Cultures: Science and Literature Revisited. Please see attached flyer and below for details. Monday, November 8, 2010 5:30pm Reception 6:00pm Lecture DePaul Student Center, room 120 2250 North Sheffield Avenue This event is free and open to the public. The abstract for Eagleton’s talk:… Read Article →
Sonya Chung, author, professor at Columbia University, and staff writer at The Millions, wrote an article titled “What We Teach When We Teach Writers: On the Quantifiable and the Uncertain.” The article discusses the ups and downs of being a writer, and tries to identify that unquantifiable quality all writers strive for. In the meantime, she suggests, try a quantifiable writing goal: 5 pages a day. What are your writing strategies and goals?