Professor David Welch has been on the English Department faculty since 2008, but he is teaching his first graduate class this year. David Welch is a recipient of the Hill-Kohn Prize from the Academy of American Poets and former Poetry Editor of Black Warrior Review. His poems have appeared in journals including AGNI Online, Kenyon Review Online, and Subtropics, as well as the anthologies Best New Poets 2007, Best of the Web 2010, and Helen Burns Poetry Anthology: New Voices from the Academy of American Poets University & College Prizes, 1999-2008. Look out for more faculty profiles… Read Article →
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Sarah is a first-year M.A.E. student and a Graduate Assistant in the Writing Center. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from DePauw University in Greencastle, IN in 2006, where she majored in English Literature. For the past four years, Sarah has been teaching reading and writing in Bronx, New York while also earning her M.A. in education from Hunter College. As an undergrad, she worked as a tutor at DePauw’s writing center and with teacher recruitment and preparation as a Teach for America campus campaign manager. When Sarah is not at the Writing Center or class,… Read Article →
The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies is pleased to announce: Call for Papers for the 2011 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference Deadline for submissions: October 15, 2010 Conference dates: January 27-29, 2011 www.newberry.org/renaissance/conf-inst/gradstudents.html PDF flyer printable in color or black-and-white. Please distribute and post. We invite abstracts for 15-minute papers from master’s or Ph.D. students on any medieval, Renaissance, or early modern topic in Europe or the Mediterranean or Atlantic worlds. We encourage submissions from disciplines as varied as the literature of any language, history, classics, art history, music, comparative literature, theater arts, philosophy, religious… Read Article →
The Guild Literary Complex is proud to announce a call for non-fiction and short fiction submissions for its annual Prose Awards. Every Fall the Guild showcases emerging and established short fiction and non-fiction writers with a judged competition, recognition event and two cash prizes of $500. This year’s guest judges will be Susan Messer (non-fiction) and Bayo Ojikutu (fiction). The winner from each category will read his/her work and receive the prize at the Prose Awards recognition event on November 10th, 2010 at the California Clipper, 1002 N. California Ave, Chicago, IL, 8:30 pm (21… Read Article →
Surepayroll.com needs someone to update their state tax pages with 2010 information and verify all information is correct. Here’s an example page: http://www.surepayroll.com/online-payroll/alabama-payroll.asp This project entails the following: • Check the information on Web pages (50 pages containing approximately 200 words each) against updated information provided in an online resource guide. • Email back changes: Use online editing tool or print and mark up to show edits, email back Details: • Time estimate: Between 7 and 15 hours • Project fee: $300 • Project completion date: Oct. 12 • Writer will be asked to sign… Read Article →
Dan Stolar read some of his new fiction, entitled “Hymie and Ruth,” on Tuesday May 25, 2010. Josh Covell, an MAWP student, writes his thoughts on the new story. Josh is graduating from the program in June. With a whiteboard of Yiddish translations behind him, Professor Dan Stolar was brave enough to give a reading of his new fiction piece, the as-yet-unpublished “Hymie and Ruth.” From the moment he started to read aloud, it was apparent that he had captured a familiarity and bittersweetness with the titular elderly characters Hymie and Ruth Schoenberg. Hymie, who… Read Article →
Looking for Summer Work? Our large financial client in Riverwoods, IL is seeking summer help from June-August. Hourly pay-rate is $11.50-$13.50 depending on experience Candidate must be willing and able to pass an FBI background check and ten panel drug screen. Job Description Edit all documentation to the prescribed style. Meet with and mentor curriculum designers, helping them to adhere to the appropriate style as they create training materials. Requirements • BA in (or credits toward) English or Journalism • Minimum 2 years’ writing and editing experience • Excellent writing and editing skills, including basic… Read Article →
Tonight, Professor Susan Harris will be reading from The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry, a wonderful new collection that she co-edited. This is the final event of the year for the Visiting Writers Program, organized by Professor Miles Harvey. All should consider attending! Thursday, May 20 6:00 p.m. DePaul University Thomas P. Levan Center, Room 505 2322 North Kenmore Susan Harris is the editorial director of Words Without Borders, which translates, publishes, and promotes the finest contemporary international literature. With Ilya Kaminsky, she edited The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry, which the acclaimed poet Edward… Read Article →
Professor Christine Sneed’s story “The Prettiest Girls” was recently accepted for publication in Ploughshares. Congratulations! Sneed teaches ENG 484: Writing the Wondrous World of the Everyday in Fall Quarter 2010.
Ex Libris, DePaul’s Graduate English Newsletter, is making a move to WordPress and the blogosphere. Stay tuned for more updates as Molly, the graduate assistant, figures all this stuff out. For now, you can find out about events, classes, and news at the old Ex Libris site here. As you can see, our Flickr page is linked here. Look at all the fun conferences and activities students in the MAE and MAWP are involved in!