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by Ex Libris on September 14, 2016

Sunday Salon Chicago, September 25 with Dan Stolar!

The monthly prose reading series, Sunday Salon continues this September on the 25th. DePaul professor Dan Stolar will be reading along side Vu Tran, Gina Frangello, Ben Tanzer, and Doro Boehme. The event takes place at the Riverview Tavern (1958 W Roscoe Street) and starts at 7:00 PM. Find out more about the readers below: VU TRAN’S first novel, Dragonfish, was a NY Times Notable Book of 2015. He is the winner of a Whiting Award, and his short stories have appeared in publications like the O. Henry Prize Stories and the Best American Mystery Stories. Born in… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 8, 2016

Two Exciting Events with Kathleen Rooney, Eric Plattner, and René Magritte!

Congratulations are in order for English Professor Kathleen Rooney and WRD Professor Eric Plattner, co-editors of the soon to be released René Magritte: Selected Writings! The book collects letters, interviews, and more from modern master René Magritte translating them to English for the first time. In preparation for the official September 22nd event, Kathleen and Eric will be hosting two promotional events. The first takes place at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, September 21 at 57 Street Books. Co-sponsored by the University of Chicago, the editors will discuss their process, Magritte’s art and his writings. Find out more on the event page, or on the… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on June 16, 2016

End of the Quarter Congratulations

Ex Libris would like to send congratulations not only to our graduates, but also to our hard working faculty and staff. A big congrats to Kathleen Rooney and Michele Morano who were both recipients of 2016 excellence in teaching awards! James Murphy also recently accepted the position of Visiting Professor of Irish Studies and  Interim Director of Irish Programs at Boston College for the 2016-17 year. You’ll be missed for the year James, but congratulations! Finally, check out this excellent little write-up by Barrie Jean Borich on DePaul’s Newsline.

by Ex Libris on May 11, 2016

Culianu: 25 Years with Ted Anton

Congratulations to Professor Ted Anton who will be presenting at at the University of Chicago in a panel discussion of Ioan Petru Culianu. Find out for details on the flyer below.

by Ex Libris on January 7, 2016

The Open Door Readings with Chris Green and Dylan Weir

The Poetry Foundation continues there Open Door Reading Series this January with readings from DePaul’s MAWP Professor Chris Green and student Dylan Weir. The event takes place January 19th at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street. Admission is free and open to the public! The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long event features readings by two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and two of their current or recent students. Along with Green and Weir, January’s Open… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 6, 2015

Book Launch I’ll Tell You Mine featuring Michele Morano

The University of Chicago Press is hosting a book launch event for I’ll Tell You Mine: Thirty Years of Essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program. The launch will feature DePaul’s MAWP professor Michele Morano as well as author and College of DuPage Professor Tom Fate – both contributors and alumni of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop Nonfiction Writing Program. The event place at the Oak Park Public Library on Sunday, November 22nd from 3:30-4:45 pm. I’ll Tell You Mine is an anthology rooted in Iowa’s successful program that goes beyond mere celebration to present some of the best nonfiction… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 8, 2015

Dr. Francesca Royster at the DWN Fall Faculty Forum

DePaul Women’s Network (DWN) is hosting their 2015 Fall Faculty Forum and English Department Chair Francesca Royster will be delivering the keynote address “Rejuvenate!:Eartha Kitt, Dance, and Life-writing as a form of Re-animation.” The event is Wednesday, October 14 from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Lincoln Park Student Center Room 324. Registration closes on October 12 and seats are limited. To register follow the link here. The event is free and open to all DePaul faculty, staff, and students. Dr. Royster teaches courses in Critical Race Theory, Gender and Queer Theory, African American Literature, Shakespeare, and Early Modern Literature…. Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 1, 2015

Kathleen Rooney at The Open Door Reading Series

DePaul MAWP professor Kathleen Rooney will be reading for the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Reading Series this October. The reading is Tuesday, October 20th at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street. The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long event features readings by two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and one of their current or recent students. October’s reading features DePaul’s very own Kathleen Rooney and her student Jessica Anne along with the University of Illinois’ Adam… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 16, 2015

Welcome from the New Director of the MA in English Richard Squibbs

Last Spring Quarter Prof. John Shanahan became the Associate Dean and Director of Liberal Studies leaving his position as Director of the MA in English. This Fall Prof. Richard Squibbs has officially assumed the position of Director of the MA in English and MAE program advisor. Prof. Squibbs’s teaching and scholarship range across the British and American long eighteenth centuries, with special emphasis on transatlantic literary and cultural relations. His first book, Urban Enlightenment and the Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essay: Transatlantic Retrospects (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), is the first literary history of the Enlightenment essay serial spanning the long eighteenth… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 10, 2015

Sunday Salon Chicago Prose Reading with Professor Barrie Jean Borich!

This month DePaul’s own MAWP associate professor Barrie Jean Borich will be reading at Sunday Salon! Sunday Salon is a prose reading series hosted the last Sunday of every month that serves up the Windy City’s tastiest prose. This month Salon takes place September 27 at 7 PM at the Riverview Tavern, 1958 W. Roscoe Street in the Roscoe and Damen Room. Authors on tap to read include Bayo Ojikutu, Lynn Sloan, Garnett Kilberg Cohen, and our very own, very talented Barrie Jean Borich! About the authors: Bayo Ojikutu’s critically-acclaimed first novel, 47th Street Black (2003), received both the Washington Prize for… Read Article →

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