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by Ex Libris on January 14, 2016

Visiting Writers Program Welcomes MAWP Graduate Jessica Chiarella

The Visiting Writers Program will be celebrating the release of MAWP graduate Jessica Chiarella’s debut novel And Again. Chiarella will be on campus to read and discuss her work. The event takes place on Tuesday, January 26 at 6:00 pm in Richardson Library Room 115. Chiarella is a Vernon Hills native who graduated from DePaul in 2014. Currently she is enrolled in the University of California, Riverside’s MFA program. In And Again, Chiarella explores the impact of a miracle cure on the lives of terminally-ill patients. Though given a chance to live again, Chiarella’s tenderly wrought characters may have lost another crucial aspect… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 9, 2015

Alumna Spotlight: Amanda Licastro

Digital Scholar Amanda Licastro, MAE ’08, teases out insights from student course blogs, online academic genealogies, and Twitter. BY HANA YOO   Amanda Licastro has more than 1,000 Twitter followers. One week, she recalls, her tweets garnered more than 29,000 views. Generally, her Twitter account averages a couple thousand views per week. “I joke that I got into the graduate center through Twitter,” says Licastro, MAE ’08, currently a PhD student in English at CUNY Graduate Center and an instructional technology fellow at Macaulay Honors College. As a prospective graduate student, Licastro started following academics… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 1, 2015

DePaul Instructor David Welch and MAW Alumna Laura Wagner to Read at the Poetry Foundation Tuesday, May 19

Tuesday, May 19, 7 p.m. Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free Admission The Poetry Foundation‘s Open Door reading series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s writing programs. Each one-hour event features readings by two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and two of their current or recent students. May’s Open Door Reading presents Eastern Illinois University’s Charlotte Pence and her student Derick Ledermann along with DePaul University’s David Welch and his former student, MAW alumna Laura Wagner.

by Ex Libris on March 16, 2015

DePaul MAWP Alumni Publish Pieces in Bluestem, Slate

Congratulations to Tim Hillegonds, MAWP ’14, who placed his piece “Along the Front Range” in the March issue of Bluestem.  Also, a belated congratulations to Chris Lites, MAWP ’12, who published a profile of science fiction writer William Gibson in Slate in December of 2014.

by Ex Libris on February 16, 2015

MAW Alum Brian South’s Self-Publishing Debut

Congratulations to MAW alumnus Brian South, a Naperville North High School English teacher whose self-published debut novel—The Zombie Sheriff Takes Tucson: A Love Story—will be available for purchase on Friday, February 20. See this Chicago Tribune story for more details.

by Ex Libris on September 29, 2014

Alumni Publications: Karin Vergoth

Early this month, MAW alum and Colorado-based freelancer Karin Vergoth penned an article for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association on the recovery of the ozone layer. Congratulations, Karin!  

by Ex Libris on September 15, 2014

Alumni Updates: Adam Dick

Congratulations to alumnus Adam Dick! NightLights, an independent feature film he produced, enjoyed an initial weeklong run at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills and earned a positive review in the Los Angeles Times. These days, Adam is “generally working on writing scripts and getting films made.” He recently optioned a Holocaust survivor’s memoir and plans to develop it into a miniseries.

by Ex Libris on September 10, 2014

Alumni Publications: Zhanna Slor

Congratulations to alumna Zhanna Slor! Slor’s work was published in the summer issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, and her group of essays—which appeared in the winter 2013 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review—recently received a notable mention in the The Best American Essays 2014.

by Ex Libris on June 6, 2014

Graduation Letters from the Program Directors

Letter from Acting Director of the MAWP, Ted Anton Dear MAWP-ers, Congratulations on a great year of work, of reading your peers and writing your own essays, poems, stories and novels.  I’m sure everyone is looking forward to summer and an opportunity to relax and think about nothing, which I highly recommend. We have had numerous accomplishments, with many more to come.   I try to look on my colleagues’ accomplishments as a spur to pursue my own.   We teachers need and support your success! I recall that some of the least successful writers in my… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on February 18, 2014

Alumni Jennifer Finstrom & David Mathews Published in After Hours

Alumni Jennifer Finstrom & David Mathews were recently published in After Hours a journal of Chicago writing and art. Here is what they have to say about their poems: Jennifer Finstrom My poem “Obituary” was accepted for publication in the forthcoming winter issue (#28) of After Hours. This poem is a part of a series of poems that I wrote in Richard Jones’ workshop when I was in the MAWP program (2010-2012), and I am still so appreciative of the great feedback from Professor Jones and the class. David Mathews “Polish Bus Stops,” is a… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 19, 2013

E. Ce Miller Publishes in SIXFOLD

Alumnus E. Ce Miller Publishes Her Story A Shock to the System in SIXFOLD Fiction Ex Libris caught up with E. Ce Miller to congratulate her on her recent publication in SIXFOLD. She was kind enough to answer a few questions about her thrilling story A Shock to the System, her process, and how the MAWP program at DePaul helped her accomplish her goals. Read A Schock to the System at SIXFOLD by clicking here. Ex Libris: Can you speak a little bit about your process for the piece? E. Ce Miller: This was the… Read Article →

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