Thursday, April 14, 2011 Master Class with William Lychack 3:30-5 pm Location (on Lincoln Park campus) TBA Reading by William Lychack 6 pm Richardson Library, room 400 2350 N. Kenmore Free & open to the public The MAWP is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for graduate students to work with visiting writer William Lychack, author of The Architect of Flowers, a new short-story collection that novelist Charles Baxter describes as “an amazing accomplishment, very complex and exceptionally beautiful.” In addition to reading from his work on the evening of April 14, Lychack has agreed… Read Article →
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DePaul Humanities Center presents Launch Reading and Reception for Brute Neighbors: Urban nature poetry, prose and photography Monday, March 7, 2011 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Lincoln Hall 2424 North Lincoln Avenue THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. The book features some of Chicago’s best writers: Reginald Gibbons, Stuart Dybek, Christian Wiman, Miles Harvey, Michele Morano, Mark Turcotte, and more. Come hear these vastly varied voices and unexpected styles that illustrate how our cityscapes and our rolling fields aren’t as separate as we once thought. For more information, please contact the DePaul… Read Article →
By MAE student Jonathan Kittl On Thursday, February 17, 2011 at the John T. Richardson Library, Professor James H. Murphy presented his newly published book, Irish Novelists & the Victorian Age. Professor Murphy started the evening with a brief explanation concerning his process in constructing this new work. Professor Murphy includes references to well over 200 Irish novelists. During the evening Professor Murphy noted several Victorian Irish authors are frequently passed over in favor of other “big name” writers whose work might be interpreted as relevant to or representative of Ireland. One of the examples… Read Article →
Congratulations to Professor Jim Fairhall Winner, Tennessee Williams New Orleans Fiction Contest Professor Fairhall will read from his winning story, “Pink,” at the 25th Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival on Sunday, March 27. For more information on the contest and the festival, see http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/ Professor James H. Murphy Professor Murphy will celebrate his new book, Irish Novelists and the Victorian Age, with a reading and reception at DePaul’ s Richardson Library. (see below for details) Professor John Shanahan (DePaul Humanities Fellow) and Professor June Chung Professor Shanahan will lead a discussion of the changing relations of… Read Article →
Jessica Block (MAWP), a graduate assistant for the Department of English, attended the recent Visiting Writer’s event at Lincoln Hall featuring Professors Kathleen Rooney and Hannah Pittard. In this post, Jessica reviews the event and encourages students to check out future events sponsored by the Department of English. At 6 p.m. on January 25, Lincoln Hall’s auditorium was filled with over one hundred DePaul students, faculty, and guests who joined to hear readings by Professors Kathleen Rooney and Hannah Pittard. The event, part of DePaul’s Visiting Writer’s Series, which is organized by Professor Miles Harvey,… Read Article →
Join DePaul University professor and Humanities Center fellow John Shanahan on Thursday, February 17, 2011 for an engaging look at the changing relations of science, fiction, and science fiction in American and Japanese culture. The Music Box Theatre will screen two films—The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) and Ghost in the Shell (1995). Between the film screenings, a panel of distinguished scholars will discuss some creative remediations of science and technology in contemporary fiction and film. DePaul and Columbia College students and faculty get in FREE to all events with ID. All events are open to… Read Article →
Each year, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Awards Committee selects three Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty members, from among a group nominated by students and faculty, to receive Excellence in Teaching Awards. The Award is granted by the Quality of Instruction Council and carries a monetary award. Winners are recognized at the Fall Convocation. This is your opportunity to recognize a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty member who has significantly influenced your studies at DePaul—and through your nomination to have a direct effect on the quality of teaching in the College…. Read Article →
While DePaul University was on break for a month and a half, we graduate students embarked on our own projects we had been putting off for a whole quarter while we frantically scraped assignments together for classes and finals. During winter break, some of us continued to work our full or part time jobs. Others of us snuggled up on the couch for a consecutive 25 days watching Home Alone over and over or catching up on our favorite fall TV shows. Others traveled the country or the world visiting family and friends or just… Read Article →
Please join the Department of English in congratulating Nancy Grossman on the coming publication of her first novel by Disney/Hyperion! It’s a Young Adult novel, the story of an Amish girl on the brink of rumspringa, the period when Amish adolescents are permitted to run wild as they prepare to make their adult decisions. The working title was “Flight of Fancy,” but it’s since been changed to “A Wandering Heart” and Nancy is hoping that it will change again. The release is planned for the fall of 2012. Congratulations, Nancy!
You are invited to attend DePaul’s Inaugural Book Tasting, which features DePaul faculty and their recently published books, on December 8th at 6 p.m. Treat yourself to hors d’oeuvres and a wine tasting while you “taste” new books written by DePaul faculty, including English department faculty Achy Obejas and Rebecca Johns Trissler. You must be 21 or older to attend, and an RSVP is required. The event will be held in the University Center Conference Chicago, 525 S. State St. Please visit the DePaul Newsline for more information on this event.
Christine Sneed will have a release party for her recent story collection, Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry (University of Massachusetts Press 2009). This collection has been well received, and it won AWP’s 2009 Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction. Read below for details on the release party, which everyone in the English Department at DePaul is encouraged to attend: When: 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 17 Where: Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark St in Andersonville. An independent bookstore and Chicago literary fixture. Refreshments will be served. Below is the review from… Read Article →
Mark your calendars! DePaul professors and authors will be participating in readings around the city this fall. Don’t miss out on these fabulous opportunities below: TONIGHT: Thursday, September 30 Amina Gautier, a new assistant professor of English, joins author Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Her Fearful Symmetry) and other writers for a discussion entitled “Ordinary Women: Extraordinary Heroines–A New Paradigm for the Modern Heroine.” Women & Children First Bookstore 5233 N. Clark St. Chicago … Read Article →