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Ex Libris would like to announce it will be on a short hiatus for Winter Intercession. Over the next few weeks of December, the site will be working on some small updates and will not be making any new posts. Ex Libris will still be fully operational and providing access to previous posts, class lists, and other digital resources. In the meantime, a few quick reminders: DePaul’s 3rd annual LAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference is now accepting submissions. The conference will be held on March 4th and the deadline to submit is January 15th. Visit their site here…. Read Article →

The Blueshift Journal is now accepting submissions to their 4th issue. Blueshift is a student-run, international, tri-annual publication, with two online issues and one print issue, available free of charge. Deadline for issue 4 is January 1st. Submission information can be found here, and visit them on Facebook here. From Blueshift: “What kind of work do we want? On a microscopic level, scientists say that nothing ever touches.  Electrons repel each other; our very atoms shy away from trembling connection. Even in someone’s arms, we are galaxies apart, orbiting. We are impossibly distant. Hugely empty,… Read Article →

Cooper Street, a literary magazine run by MFA students at Rutgers-Camden, is currently looking for fiction, non-fiction and poetry for its fourth issue, slated for January publication. Priority deadline was Friday, November 27th, but submissions are still being accepted. Cooper Street is primarily interested in stories surrounding cities and/or urban issues, particularly those set in the Northeast. But will consider all subjects and genres if the work is interesting and strong. Additional Guidelines: Fiction: Send either one story of no more than 5,000 words (although stories of 3,000 words or less are especially welcome) or send up… Read Article →

Purdue University has announced a call for submissions to a new symposium focusing on interdisciplinary research in the fields of linguistics and language use. They invite submissions of original research papers from all areas of linguistics, applied linguistics, literature, second language studies, and cultural studies of any language or language group to be presented in 20-minute talks or posters. Abstracts are due by Tuesday, December 22nd. Find full details here, and submit here.

Authors Roxanne Gay and Ashley C. Ford, in conjunction with Harper Perennial, are compiling an anthology Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture. The collection focuses upon the often diminished experiences of victims and survivors of rape culture and sexual violence. They are accepting submissions 2,500 to 7,500 words in length. Topics include: Testimonies of what “not that bad” looks like Critical examinations of rape culture What it’s like to negotiate rape culture as a man How women diminish the sexual violence and aggression they experience and the effects of doing so What “not that bad”… Read Article →

Today marks 97 years since the signing of the Armistace with Germany that marked the end World War I, and this Veterans Day the Department of English would like to encourage all students to help honor and celebrate our military. Events and activities hosted by DePaul are happening throughout the day and into the week to commemorate Veterans Day; information for the events can be found on the Office of Adult Student Affairs Facebook page. Ex Libris would like to highlight two Veterans Day events happening in association with the Department of English and their students. Tonight… Read Article →

As the Chicago Public Library’s One Book, One Chicago (OBOC) program kicks off this month with a series of events related to Thomas Dyja’s The Third Coast, this column seeks to find out what it is exactly that makes Chicago “the city that gives.” Using a critical lens of the city’s tumultuous past and its uncertain future, the articles released in the upcoming months will examine what it is that Chicago contributed to the national American identity fifty years ago and what contributions–for better or worse–it makes to this day. “She [Still] Moves Me”: Chicago Blues… Read Article →

Hong Kong Baptist University would like to announce details for their international PhD program in Humanities and/or Creative Writing. They are seeking students to study in Hong Kong in any of the following areas: cultural studies, philosophy, creative writing practice, media and film studies, literary studies, gender and sexuality studies. If accepted students receive a full 3-year studentship, which includes a monthly stipend and travel expenses to conferences among other benefits. Applications are due December 1, 2015 and announcements will be made in April or May 2016. For more information follow this link to an information… Read Article →

This month’s Sunday Salon Chicago is taking place November 22 at 7:00 p.m. at Riverview Tavern, 1958 W. Roscoe St. (corner of Roscoe & Damen). Featuring four outstanding authors: Rebecca Makkai, Clayton Smith, Kate Harding, and Anne Calcagno. Find the event page here. About the authors: Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the story collection Music for Wartime, as well as the novels The Hundred-Year House (a BookPage “Best Book” of 2014 and winner of the Chicago Writers Association Award) and The Borrower (a Booklist Top Ten Debut). Her short fiction was featured in The Best… Read Article →

The Creative Nonfiction Foundation, in partnership with The Pittsburgh Foundation, is providing twelve writing fellowships to people who want to write about how mental illness has affected their lives.  The writing fellows will take part in five weekly workshops, which will cover the entire writing process, led by Lee Gutkind, founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction. All participants will conceive their stories, learn the creative nonfiction craft, and write first and follow-up drafts. In preparation for a series of public events and readings, a later session will focus on developing skills for reading/performing stories effectively for an audience. Fellows… Read Article →

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