An Inconvinient Hour is a monthly reading series in Rogers Park. The next event, taking place on November 14th, will feature DePaul professor Kathleen Rooney and DePaul MA alum Dylan Weir reading their work, as well as poet Carrie Oliva Adams. The reading will take place at Monarch Community Cafe on Saturday, November 14th at 6 PM.
Next Wednesday, Chicago Poet Laureate Maya Del Valle will be reading from and discussing her poetry collection, A South Side Girl’s Guide to Love and Sex with DePaul MFA alum Meghan Malachi. The reading will take place in McGowan South, room 104 at 6 PM.
Kendall Polidori, a DePaul alum and the former editor of this very blog, has recently had a piece published in Chicago based arts and culture magazine, Newcity. The feature covers the Holye Brothers, a honky tonk band formed in 2002, and their residency at the Empty Bottle. Read the full story here.
Join former DePaul professor and acclaimed childrens author Amy Alznauer, and Deaf educator Crom Saunders for a workshop about storytelling, accessibility, and the art of literary interpretation this Thursday, October 29th!
Students, faculty and alumni—mark your calendars, and join us on Sunday, November 8th, 6 PM at Society Coffee for this year’s first Graduate Reading Series. DePaul graduate students will be signed up to read their work for 8-10 minute time slots. Are you a graduate student interested in signing up? Please email Will Nelson at wnelson8@depaul.edu for a slot! Tea, coffee (including decaf), and pastries will be available for purchase. Free parking is available along Wells and Lincoln, and the shop is only a twenty five minute walk from DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus. This event… Read Article →
Dylan Weir, an MA Alum of DePaul, will read from his first book, Public House, on October 21st at 6:30 PM in ALH Room 314. Weir is a poet, whose work has appeared in Best New Poets, Narrative, and New England Review. According to Trio House Press, “Public House maps the delirious landscapes of addiction. In poem after poem, Dylan Weir chronicles the mix of memory and mythology concocted between last call and first light. Between oblivion and sobriety. Between the pull of the bottle and the harder seductions of hope.”
Tomorrow, MFA student Esther Choy will be featured as one of 35 guest authors at the Chicago Public Library Foundations Award Dinner. Choy is the author of two books: Let the Story Do the Work: The Art of Storytelling for Business Success, and Winning Without Persuasion: A New Framework for Leading with Curiosity and Story Discovery. Congradulations Esther!
Graduate students of the English Department will be pleased to hear that applications are now open for three scholarships. Applications will be due on November 1st, and can be completed here.
Several faculty members of the English Department will be speaking at DePaul Night at the Art Institute on Thrusday, October 22nd. The event will feature presentations by students and faculty, and will be free for DePaul students to attend. For more information, and a full schedule, click here. In regards to the English department, the two presentations are as follows: At 4 pm, Miles Harvey will be speaking on “Inheritance and Inspiration: A Writer Looks Back at Ben Shahn” in an exclusive event for DePaul alumni in the Prints and Drawings room. At 6:30 pm,… Read Article →
Head to the Galway Arms on October 12th at 6:30 for a Chicago writing community event open to all who want to read, listen, and connect!The event will be hosted by DePaul graduate student Philip Janowski. Grab a pint, order a hearty dinner, and let the stories begin!
Authors and DePaul Professors Miles Harvey and Chris Solís Green will be in conversation about “The Literature of Disappearance: Poetry and Prose.” They will also discuss the challenges and triumphs of starting a small press, Big Shoulders Books. The talk will take place on Thursday, October 15th at 6 p.m. at DePaul’s John T. Richardson Library, Room 103. It is free and open to the public Miles Harvey won the 2024 Society of Midland Authors Adult Fiction Award and the 2023 Journal Non/Fiction Prize for The Registry of Forgotten Objects, a collection of short stories…. Read Article →
Crook & Folly, DePaul’s student-run literary and arts magazine, is hiring grad and undergrad students for a variety of positions. Applications are open through October 18th. Learn more and apply here.