Congratulations to alumna Zhanna Slor! Slor’s work was published in the summer issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, and her group of essays—which appeared in the winter 2013 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review—recently received a notable mention in the The Best American Essays 2014.
Letter from Acting Director of the MAWP, Ted Anton Dear MAWP-ers, Congratulations on a great year of work, of reading your peers and writing your own essays, poems, stories and novels. I’m sure everyone is looking forward to summer and an opportunity to relax and think about nothing, which I highly recommend. We have had numerous accomplishments, with many more to come. I try to look on my colleagues’ accomplishments as a spur to pursue my own. We teachers need and support your success! I recall that some of the least successful writers in my… Read Article →
Professor Sneed and Anton Recognized by the 2014 Awards for Books Published in 2013 Professor Christine Sneed recently won the award in Adult Fiction for her book Little Known Facts published by Bloomsbury. Professor Sneed worked at DePaul as an Assistant Visiting Professors from autumn of 2003 to autumn of 2012. She’ll be teaching, ENG 492 Writing Fiction this coming autumn. Professor Ted Anton was a Finalist in Adult Nonfiction for his work, Longevity Seekers: Science, Business, and the Fountain of Youth published by the University of Chicago Press. About the Prize Each year since… Read Article →
Alumni Jennifer Finstrom & David Mathews were recently published in After Hours a journal of Chicago writing and art. Here is what they have to say about their poems: Jennifer Finstrom My poem “Obituary” was accepted for publication in the forthcoming winter issue (#28) of After Hours. This poem is a part of a series of poems that I wrote in Richard Jones’ workshop when I was in the MAWP program (2010-2012), and I am still so appreciative of the great feedback from Professor Jones and the class. David Mathews “Polish Bus Stops,” is a… Read Article →
Dear colleagues, In Sunday’s papers, two of our colleagues, Barrie Borich and Michele Morano published occasional essays, meditating on matters of the moment: Barrie’s “What Lily Tomlin’s Marriage Means to Me and My Partner” was published in the Washington Post and Michele’s “Learning To Be Your Own Best Valentine” appeared in the Chicago Tribune. Please join me in congratulating them both! Both essays were written with the support of the DePaul’s second session of the OpEd Project’s Public Voices Thought Leadership Greenhouse. For more information on DePaul’s participation in the OpEd Project, see http://newsline.depaul.edu/Pages/OpEdProject.aspx Michele… Read Article →
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Top Ten Reasons You Should Take the Spring 2014 Literary Magazine Glass. Because you’ll have a chance to read and talk about the work journals are publishing right now, written by both big names and authors you haven’t heard of yet. Because you’ll have the chance to read and talk about work that little magazines published a very long time ago, by writers who turned out to be a big deal but weren’t at the time some editor, not unlike yourself, decided to publish them. Because you’ll have the chance to consider… Read Article →
Prof. Rooney Reads at the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Series The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long reading features two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and two of their current or recent students. Kathleen Rooney is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press. She is the author of the essay collection For You, For You I Am Trilling These Songs (Counterpoint, 2010) and the poetry collection Robinson Alone (Gold Wake Press, 2012). John Wilkinson is a British poet who chairs the… Read Article →
Alumnus E. Ce Miller Publishes Her Story A Shock to the System in SIXFOLD Fiction Ex Libris caught up with E. Ce Miller to congratulate her on her recent publication in SIXFOLD. She was kind enough to answer a few questions about her thrilling story A Shock to the System, her process, and how the MAWP program at DePaul helped her accomplish her goals. Read A Schock to the System at SIXFOLD by clicking here. Ex Libris: Can you speak a little bit about your process for the piece? E. Ce Miller: This was the… Read Article →
Alia Neaton Publishes Her Poem Cosmogony in SIXFOLD Ex Libris caught up with Alia Neaton to congratulate her on her recent publication in SIXFOLD. She was kind enough to answer a few questions about the poem, her process, and how the MAWP program at DePaul helped her accomplish her goals. Read the poem at SIXFOLD or listen to Alia read it on SoundCloud. Ex Libris: Can you tell us a little bit about your process when composing Cosmogony? Alia Neation: The inspiration for this series of poems began, as with most things, with something very… Read Article →
The Department of English Digital Humanists Will Present at the Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science The 8th Annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science will take place December 5-7, 2013, on the Lincoln Park Campus of DePaul University. The conference will consist of a plenary address by a significant Digital Humanist, as well as panels, roundtables, or other kinds of sessions proposed by scholars relating to recent issues and advances in the digital humanities. Professor John Shanahan and GA Josh Fisher will be presenting at the conference. Prof. Shanahan will be… Read Article →
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