One of our very own, Kathleen Rooney, was published in the Chicago Tribune this past week. If you’re looking to order books and support local businesses, you can find the article here.
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Goodreads is currently hosting a giveaway of 50 copies of DePaul English professor Miles Harvey’s forthcoming book, THE KING OF CONFIDENCE. Enter for a chance to win a copy of your own!
Welcome back, MAE and MAWP students! We realize this quarter might look a little different from our previous quarters. We’re here to help. In addition to our normal content, we’ll be posting resources and updating our blog calendar to help you navigate your courses this spring. To start with, here are a few important SQ dates to keep on your radar: Friday April 3, 2020 is the last day to add a class to your Spring Quarter Schedule Monday April 13, 2020 is the last day to drop with no penalty On Tuesday April… Read Article →
Congrats to DePaul English Professor Miles Harvey on his new and upcoming book, THE KING OF CONFIDENCE, which will be published May 12 by Little, Brown & Company! THE KING OF CONFIDENCE has been receiving a wonderful early response. National Book Award-winner Nathaniel Philbrick calls it a “masterpiece”; Pulitzer Prize-finalist Dave Eggers describes it as a “ludicrously enjoyable, unputdownable read”; bestselling author Jonathan Eig labels it “one of the best books of the year”; Publishers Weekly (in a starred review) says it will “astonish and delight fans of American history”; Kirkus calls it “perfect for fans of Devil in the White City”; and Book Riot has named… Read Article →
Congrats to DePaul English professor Sarah Fay! Longreads just published her very timely essay, “On Solitude (and Isolation and Loneliness [and Brackets]).” Click on the essay title to read Dr. Fay’s reflection on four years spent in solitude (and isolation [and loneliness]), viewing it through the lens of punctuation.
The 2020 Spring English Conference, hosted by DePaul’s English department, is now open for submissions! Please see the attached flyer and full submissions guidelines for information on how to submit your writing: 2020 English Conference Full Submissions Guidelines 2020 Spring English Conference Call for Submissions
Read all about Professor Kathleen Rooney’s Poems While You Wait initiative at the Chicago Reader: “Submarine kangaroos and space pirate birthday parties.”
Congratulations to Matt Caracciolo, a 2012 DePaul MAWP program alum who published his first book this month: The Waygook Book: A Foreigner’s Guide to South Korea! From Monday Creek Publishing, The Waygook Book is a travelogue/memoir taking Matt from Chicago to teaching English in South Korea and back to his hometown of Columbus, OH. Join Matt at the Book Cellar in Lincoln on February 19 at 7pm as he discusses his new book for Local Authors Night and teaching English overseas.
One of DePaul’s very own English professors and editor of Poetry East, Richard Jones, has had a piece selected for poem of the week in Narrative magazine! Read the poem, “Double Doors” here.
Do you know a tenure-line professor who deserves to be recognized for their excellent teaching? Nominate them for the 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award! The LAS Awards Committee solicits nominations from both faculty and students. From those nominations, two tenured/tenure-line faculty members will be chosen to receive the award. Nominations are due by Monday, February 17, 2020. Questions may be directed to Executive Associate Dean Peter Vandenberg at pvandenb@depaul.edu. Please see the attachment for requirements and guidelines for nominations: 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award: Call for Nominations Eligibility and Process Memo
DePaul’s Blue Book: Best Illinois High School Writing 2018-2019, edited by Professor Chris Green and a class of graduate students, is now available at www.depaulsbluebook.com! Pieces were chosen from high school literary magazines submitted from across Illinois. Professor Green and his Editing class selected sixty-six pieces of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. This is the first of what Professor Green hopes to be an annual tribute to our state’s best young creative writers. If you’re free, please consider attending the anthology’s launch reading on Saturday, February 8th, 5:30-7:00, Student Center #314.
Writing and Publishing students: Rebecca Johns Trissler, director of MFA/MA in Creative Writing and Publishing, is planning on holding another pitch meeting for anyone who wants to talk about 1) pitching their work for publication; or 2) pitching themselves for jobs in publishing or higher education. This quarter the meeting will be at noon on Friday, February 28th, in the 2nd Floor Student Lounge in ALH. If you’re graduating soon and are starting to think about your career or simply want to start sending your work out for publication, please RSVP to this address. There will be… Read Article →