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by Ex Libris on October 13, 2014

One Book, One Chicago Events at DePaul on October 21 and 28

One Book, One Chicago Events at DePaul This Month   Who: DePaul Associate Professor Hugh Ingrasci What: Heroes and Antiheroes in American Literature and Popular Culture When: Tuesday, October 21, at 6 p.m. Where: Richardson Library, Room 300   Who: DePaul Faculty Members Rebecca Johns-Trissler, Christine Sneed, and Dan Stolar What: Panel Discussion on Campbell’s Monomyth and Contemporary Fiction When: Tuesday, October 28, at 6 p.m. Where: Richardson Library, Room 300 Click here for an event description.

by Ex Libris on October 13, 2014

DePaul’s New Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate Program Now Accepting Applications

Digital Humanities, or “DH,” is the name for a set of computer-based tools and methods used by people in the humanities. Digital Humanities work is all around us, from large searchable databases to interactive and mobile storytelling apps; from innovative visualization methods for art history and anthropology to new collaborative platforms for research and teaching.The Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate program teaches the digital tools and methods that are increasingly important for students in every field of study. In the certificate program you will develop hands-on experience with these powerful tools and participate in projects including… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 13, 2014

DePaul Faculty Essays Published in The Millions and the Chicago Tribune

Michele Morano, an associate professor and director of the MAWP program here at DePaul, has published “The Afterlife of Travel: On the Work of Philip Graham and Alma Gottlieb” in online literary review The Millions. Christine Sneed, who is teaching at DePaul part-time this year, has published a piece on fact versus fiction in the Chicago Tribune. She cites Michele Morano and DePaul assistant professor Miles Harvey in her essay.  

by Ex Libris on September 23, 2014

Sunday Salon Chicago; Amina Gautier and Chris Green Readings

Sunday Salon Chicago returns to Black Rock Pub & Kitchen Sunday, September 28, at 7 p.m. This month’s reading series features DePaul professor Chris Green and former DePaul professor Amina Gautier. On Friday, September 26, The Book Cellar is hosting Chris Green for the launch of Résumé, his latest book of poems, at 7 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. the same night, Amina Gautier reads from Now We Will Be Happy at Women & Children First. Lincoln Square vs. Andersonville: the battle of the independent bookstores! Alternatively, stop by and support them both.

by Ex Libris on September 10, 2014

Chris Green and Clare Stuber to Read at the Poetry Foundation on September 16

Join professor Chris Green and student Clare Stuber on Tuesday, September 16, at 7 p.m. for this month’s installment of the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Readings. Open Door Readings take place on the third Tuesday of every month from September through May at 61 West Superior Street. The one-hour readings feature two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and two of their current or recent students. The series is free and open to the public.    

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 May 13, 2014

Professors Take Home Midland Authors Accolades

Professor Sneed and Anton Recognized by the 2014 Awards for Books Published in 2013   Professor Christine Sneed recently won the award in Adult Fiction for her book Little Known Facts published by Bloomsbury. Professor Sneed worked at DePaul as an Assistant Visiting Professors from autumn of 2003 to autumn of 2012. She’ll be teaching, ENG 492 Writing Fiction this coming autumn.   Professor Ted Anton was a Finalist in Adult Nonfiction for his work, Longevity Seekers: Science, Business, and the Fountain of Youth published by the University of Chicago Press.   About the Prize Each year since… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on February 11, 2014

Big Weekend for Publishing Faculty

Dear colleagues, In Sunday’s papers, two of our colleagues, Barrie Borich and Michele Morano published occasional essays, meditating on matters of the moment:  Barrie’s “What Lily Tomlin’s Marriage Means to Me and My Partner” was published in the Washington Post and Michele’s “Learning To Be Your Own Best Valentine”  appeared in the Chicago Tribune.   Please join me in congratulating them both! Both essays were written with the support of the DePaul’s second session of the OpEd Project’s Public Voices Thought Leadership Greenhouse.  For more information on DePaul’s participation in the OpEd Project, see http://newsline.depaul.edu/Pages/OpEdProject.aspx  Michele… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on February 3, 2014

Why Should YOU Take the Spring 2014 Literary Magazine Class?

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Top Ten Reasons You Should Take the Spring 2014 Literary Magazine Glass.  Because you’ll have a chance to read and talk about the work journals are publishing right now, written by both big names and authors you haven’t heard of yet. Because you’ll have the chance to read and talk about work that little magazines published a very long time ago, by writers who turned out to be a big deal but weren’t at the time some editor, not unlike yourself, decided to publish them. Because you’ll have the chance to consider… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 13, 2014

Prof. Kathleen Rooney to Read at Poetry Foundation

Prof. Rooney Reads at the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Series The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long reading features two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and two of their current or recent students. Kathleen Rooney is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press. She is the author of the essay collection For You, For You I Am Trilling These Songs (Counterpoint, 2010) and the poetry collection Robinson Alone (Gold Wake Press, 2012). John Wilkinson is a British poet who chairs the… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 18, 2013

Prof. Shanahan and GA Josh Fisher Presenting at DHCS 2013

The Department of English Digital Humanists Will Present at the Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science The 8th Annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science will take place December 5-7, 2013, on the Lincoln Park Campus of DePaul University. The conference will consist of a plenary address by a significant Digital Humanist, as well as panels, roundtables, or other kinds of sessions proposed by scholars relating to recent issues and advances in the digital humanities. Professor John Shanahan and GA Josh Fisher will be presenting at the conference. Prof. Shanahan will be… Read Article →

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