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by Ex Libris on February 6, 2020

 DePaul’s Blue Book: Best Illinois High School Writing 2018-2019

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. 

by Ex Libris on January 21, 2020

Upcoming Events: Winter MAWP Director Pitch Meeting

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 →

by Ex Libris on January 17, 2020

Congrats to Christopher Watkins!

Congrats to DePaul English Graduate student Christopher Watkins on publishing his poem “After Hiding a Half-Emptied Bottle of Popov in My Sock Drawer and Blacking Out” in Foundry Journal! Read Chris’s full poem here.   

by Ex Libris on June 5, 2019

Recent Alumni and Upcoming Graduates Spotlight!

Here are some of our MAE and MAWP students that are soon to graduate or have already graduated! To receive a student spotlight, please send your information to the Ex Libris editor, Camila Restrepo crestre4@depaul.edu or the Assistant Director of Graduate Programs, Meredith Ferrill mferrill@depaul.edu *If there is an error in your entry, (pronouns, spelling, etc.) please contact Camila Restrepo crestre4@depaul.edu and she will ensure corrections are made. Eli Brown will be graduating from the MAWP Program in Spring 2019! Eli is currently interviewing for a technical writing job at a medical company. Eli is  moving back… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on May 8, 2019

Crook & Folly Editors Application Deadline is Friday May 17th

Crook & Folly, DePaul University’s award-winning, all-student, journal of literature and art, seeks applications from graduate and undergraduate students for two challenging and exciting volunteer positions as 2019 Editors-in-Chief.    The new editors will begin work planning for the new year late this Spring 2018 and will hire their section editors during Fall quarter 2018. Editors-In-Chief must be available and preferably in residence during all regular quarters of the entire 2018-2019 academic year (and they must definitely be in Chicago for the Winter and Spring 2020 quarters).    Candidates for Editor-in-Chief should write a one-page (around 250 words)… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 10, 2019

Sculpt Yourself Launch Party!

Savy Leiser, a second-year grad student in the MAWP program, recently had her novel, Sculpt Yourself, come out through a new startup! Come celebrate Savy at the launch party for the novel on January 25, from 6pm-8pm at DePaul in the Women’s Center: SAC 150! For more information, visit the Facebook event page at   https://www.facebook.com/events/352769008869554/ Congrats, Savy! The Department is proud of you!

by Ex Libris on October 18, 2018

Student Spotlight: Savy Leiser

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT! Get to know MAWP candidate: Savy Leiser! 1. What program are you in, and how did you choose DePaul? I am in the MAWP program! MAWP is the only program I’ve found that combines all of my passions: creative writing, editing, teaching, and journalism. It was also important to go to a school where I could be a graduate assistant, since I couldn’t afford to pay tuition or take on more loans at this time. My assistantship at the writing center has been amazing, and makes me even more grateful to be a… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on June 1, 2018

Alumni Spotlight!

Here are some of our MAE and MAWP students that are soon to graduate or have already graduated! To receive a student spotlight, please send your information to the Ex-Libris editor, Camila Restrepo crestre4@depaul.edu. Courtney Aubrecht will be graduating this summer with her MAWP degree! After graduation she plans to focus more on writing and to get published in magazines but after graduation she intends to turn her attention back on the creation of stories, either in visual formats or in the written word. Another goal of hers is to extend her education to others, either through literacy… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on May 18, 2018

English Department End-of-the-Year Celebration!

The English Department will be hosting our annual End-of-the-Year Celebration on Friday, June 1st from 3:00-5:00 pm. We would love to celebrate with you! The celebration will held in the second-floor atrium of Arts & Letters Hall. We will have a short program honoring our outstanding students and this year’s graduates. Please come and join in the festivities on Friday, June 1st!

by Ex Libris on April 5, 2018

Spring Quarter ’18 Capstone Portfolio

  Who Needs to Register: Current MAE students who have completed their course requirements and current MAE students who will complete their course requirements in Spring ‘18. The deadline for applying for Spring ‘18 Degree Conferral was Thursday, February 1, 2018.  Registration for Final Requirement: If you plan on submitting your Portfolio or your Thesis in Spring ‘18, please send the following information by Friday, April 27, 2018 to Ms. Jan Hickey at jhicke11@depaul.edu. It is very important that you submit this information so that we can send you updates throughout the quarter and results… Read Article →

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