Thank you to everyone who came out to One Book One Chicago History of Reading program last week and made it a success. Don’t forget, there’s one more OBOC program at DePaul this season, and it’s taking place this week: The Book as Object Wednesday, October 10, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus John T. Richardson Library, Room 300 2350 N. Kenmore Avenue A book exists as more than just a vessel for the written word—it’s an artwork, a collectible and, of course, a target for thieves. Join librarian Scott Walter and artist Matthew… Read Article →
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The Chicago Reader, Chicago’s largest free weekly newspaper and a nationally recognized leader in the alternative press, is now accepting submissions for its 13th annual Pure Fiction issue—a collection of short stories by local fiction writers paired with illustrations by local artists. Please send your fiction of up to 3,000 words to fiction@chicagoreader.com by November 1st, 2012. Featherproof Books‘ Zach Dodson will be the guest curator for this coming Pure Fiction issue, and those published will be paid for their work. Please see the Submissions Page for complete details. *** Sundog Lit is a new,… Read Article →
The Nineteenth Century Studies Association has issued a Graduate Forum Call for Papers for its 34th Annual Conference to be held in Fresno, California on March 7-9th, 2013. Building on the Nineteenth Century Studies Association’s 2013 conference theme of Loco/Motion, graduate students are invited to submit proposals about the medium of pilgrimage in the long nineteenth century (1789-1914) to a graduate student forum session. From religious travels to personal journeys (actual and imagined), this panel seeks abstracts that will address the role of the pilgrim as traveler in the nineteenth century, whether in America or… Read Article →
Now that we’re back from summer break, we’d like to congratulate a few of our alumni and faculty on their summer accomplishments: In faculty news, please join the English Department in congratulating Prof. Hugh Ingrasci on the publication of Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, a collection of critical essays that he co-edited with the late Michael J. Meyer for Rodopi Press. Prof. Ingrasci helped select the essays and contributed a lengthy introduction for the volume. After Meyer’s death in 2011 , the publisher asked Ingrasci to sign on as editor and finish the… Read Article →
Tune into WGN radio tonight to hear two DePaul MAE professors discuss “Great Achievements in the American Novel.” Hugh Ingrasci and June Chung will be guests on Milt Rosenberg’s Extension 720 program, tonight, 10:00 to Midnight, Thursday, March 3rd. The show is on WGN 720 AM radio. *** Literary Laundry is excited to announce its fifth call for submissions. As always, all work submitted to the journal will also be considered for Literary Laundry‘s writing competitions. They are offering the following cash awards: $500 for the best poem, $500 for the best short story, and… Read Article →
DePaul’s Visiting Writers’ Program is thrilled to announce an extraordinary literary event this week at DePaul. On Thursday, May 3rd, the celebrated poet Campbell McGrath reads at 6 p.m. in Rosati Room 300 of the John T. Richardson Library. Campbell is the author of nine books, including Spring Comes to Chicago and the recently released In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys. His work has received many of America’s most significant literary honors, including the Kingsley Tufts Award and fellowships from the MacArthur and Guggenheim Foundations. Originally from Chicago, he teaches at Florida International University,… Read Article →
This Friday, April 27th is the final One Book One Chicago Spring event at DePaul. Details are as follows: Chinese Literary Forms and Gold Boy, Emerald Girl Friday, April 27, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus John T. Richardson Library 2350 N. Kenmore Avenue, Room 300 (Rosati Room) James Shea (Nebraska Wesleyan University) and Dorothy Tse Hiu Hung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) discuss classical literary forms as background to the stories in Gold Boy, Emerald Girl. Shea’s lecture, “Classical Chinese Poetry and Yiyun Li’s Gold Boy, Emerald Girl,” explores the Chinese quatrains that were popular… Read Article →
Faculty News: The PEN/ O.Henry Prize Stories 2012 Anthology has just hit the shelves, and DePaul English grad students will recognize a familiar name in the list of prize winners. Congratulations to Professor Christine Sneed, whose short story “The First Wife” is among those stories selected for inclusion. Prof. Sneed’s story will appear alongside other winners, including Dagoberto Gilb, Yiyun Li, Alice Munro, John Berger, and Salvatore Scibona, and the collection can be found at any of your favorite bookstores. *** Reminder: The final installation in the DePaul Humanities Center’s year-long series on Literature and… Read Article →
The MAWP is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for graduate students in both fiction and creative nonfiction to work with visiting writer Eileen Pollack. In addition to her reading on the evening of April 12, Pollack has agreed to conduct a Master Class, in which she will discuss the work of three graduate students in the MAWP. Anyone may attend the actual class, but the work of only three graduate students will be discussed. Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 12, 2012: Master Class with Eileen Pollack 3:30-5:00 Location (on Lincoln Park campus) TBA… Read Article →
DePaul students, if you haven’t already heard, the deadline to submit proposals to the EGSA 2012 Spring Conference has been extended to this Friday, March 30th at midnight. This is your last chance to get those proposals in! Make sure to check the EGSA Spring Conference 2012 page on Ex Libris to download the application materials and remind yourself of all the details. *** Those with the aspirations to make your current literature or writing degree into a career should take note of an upcoming DePaul Career Center event: Career Paths for Creative and Unconventional… Read Article →
It’s the second day of the quarter, and hopefully by now all you grad students have your classes picked out, but if you’re making last minute adjustments or looking for something different, please note that Rachel Shteir, one of DePaul’s 2011-12 Humanities Fellows, is teaching a special topics course in the spring on Chekhov and Beckett. The course is THE 436, Seminar: Topics in Dramatic Literature and carries A&L domain credit. It has been approved as an elective for both MAE and MAWP students. Please contact your program director if you are interested in taking… Read Article →
In Alumni News: Molly Tranberg (MAWP ’11, and former Ex Libris editor!) was recently hired as an Editorial Assistant and Assistant to the Publisher in the Reference Division at Oxford University Press in New York. She assists the publisher in day-to-day tasks and works to bring new online reference materials to life. According to Molly, “It’s a great first job in publishing because it’s a very traditional print publisher, but the reference division is moving into an all-online territory.” She also has some encouraging words for current students and recent grads looking for a job:… Read Article →