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by Ex Libris on April 5, 2021

Congratulations to Professor Megan Heffernan!

DePaul’s English Department extends a warm congratulations to our very own Megan Heffernan on the publication of her book Making the Miscellany: Poetry, Print, and the History of the Book in Early Modern England. Today marks one month since the book was released! Check it out here. Next month, Megan will be joining authors Laura Kolbys and Claire M. L. Bourne for a virtual celebration on May 14th at 10:00 a.m. Register here. This event is before the English Spring Conference, which will be recognizing student writing. Congratulations!

by Laurance Matthews on January 21, 2021

Love Talks Event Live Recording

In case you missed out on the Love Talks Event, we have the livestream recorded below! Open this post to watch the video. Be sure to check out Professor Michele Morano’s book, Like Love and Destiny O. Birdsong’s book, Negotiations

Fruit Bat Press: A Chapbook Press Started By DePaul Alum. Submissions Open Feb 1-28

by Laurance Matthews on January 21, 2021

Shoutout to Fruit Bat — A Press Started and Led by DePaul Alum!

Fruit Bat is a Chapbook Press co-based in Chicago and Los Angeles, started by two DePaul alum and previous roommates. As posted on their About Page, they publish work that “embraces foraging: an unusual collection of ideas from a diverse set of perspectives with a basket of different emotions.” They will release their first three limited edition chapbooks in summertime 2021. Submissions open February 1 – February 28, 2021. Be sure to check out and submit to Fruit Bat Press & Lillet Press in support of our former students (and awesome new endeavors)!

Call for Submissions From a New Press Started by a DePaul Alum

by Laurance Matthews on January 21, 2021

Call for Submissions ft. a DePaul Alum’s New Press!

Introducing Lillet (pronounced lee-lay after the French aperitif, that stimulates the appetite). Lillet publishes chapbooks. Prose, poetry, sketch/comedy scripts, some combination, or some new genre you’ve invented.  Their first open reading period is open from NOW until May 1. Submit on their website: lilletpress.com There is no reading fee or set number of manuscripts selected for publication this round 50 pg max. Any comments/questions, lilletpress@gmail.com  Be sure to check out and submit to Fruit Bat Press & Lillet Press in support of our former students (and awesome new endeavors)!  

by Laurance Matthews on January 20, 2021

Congratulations to these DePaul Writers!

This year’s Chicago Reader “Best of Polls” is open for voting through Feb. 8 and includes:  Alum Caro Macon Fleischer (BA 2016, MFA 2020) for Best Playwright Kathleen Rooney for Best Novelist Kathleen Rooney’s Poems While You Wait for Best Poetry Organization Congrats to all! Be sure to show your support by voting in the poll: https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/best-of-ballot-voting-nominations/Content?oid=83800909#//

Love Talks Event Tonight!

by Laurance Matthews on January 19, 2021

Love Talks Event — Tonight!

Join authors Michele Morano and Destiny O. Birdsong’s discussion as a part of the Visiting Writers Series. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-talks-an-evening-with-michele-morano-and-destiny-o-birdsong-tickets-132143850815

by Laurance Matthews on January 12, 2021

Congratulations to Carolyn Goffman!

Congratulations to Carolyn Goffman for the publication of her new book As Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, Professor Goffman specializes in postcolonial literature and theory. Her new book, Mary Mills Patrick’s Cosmopolitan Mission and the Constantinople Woman’s College (Lexington Books, 2020), follows Mary Mills Patrick, the president of the college for 34 years. The book explores decades of transformation (from 1870s to 1930s) as her life shifts professionally, personally, and religiously. The book comes out this Friday, January 15th 2021. Find out more here or find a copy of the book on Amazon.

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