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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 →

by Ex Libris on February 21, 2018

Rose Metal Press’s “Monster Portraits” NYT Book Review!

Good news from Kathleen Rooney, who reports that: “Rose Metal Press’s latest book, MONSTER PORTRAITS, has just been reviewed in the NY Times Book Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/books/review/new-science-fiction-fantasy.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbook-review&action=click&contentCollection=review&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront   “We’ve been around since 2006, and we are regularly reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, etc but this is our first time–in 12 years!– in the NYTBR.” Congrats, Kathleen! The Department is proud of you!

by Ex Libris on February 13, 2018

BSB Launch Party Chicago Tribune Article

Thanks to everyone who made it out to last night’s Big Shoulders Books Write Your Heart Out launch party! For those interested, here is the link to today’s coverage of the book! http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-teen-relationship-anthology-kogan-sidewalks-0206-story.html

by Ex Libris on January 4, 2018

Apply for Graduate Assistantships by January 15

A reminder to graduate students (or prospective students) that deadlines for positions as a English Department Graduate Assistant are due January 15! Graduate assistants work roughly 20 hours  a week in the department and receive a tuition waiver for up to 12 courses and a $7,500 stipend. Interested parties can find out more below, download an application packet, and visit  on the department website for full details. Each spring, the English Department awards approximately 5-6 Graduate Assistantships for the upcoming academic year. Any current or prospective student in the MA in English, MA in Writing and Publishing, or either… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on May 24, 2017

MAE Mihaela Stoica Presenting at 2017 SFRA Conference

Congratulations to MAE Mihaela Stoica who will be presenting a paper on ambivalent masculinity in James Tiptree, Jr’s novella “Huston, Houston, Do You Read?” at the 2017 Science Fiction Research Association annual conference. The five day conference hosted by the University of California at Riverside takes place from June 27 to July 1 with the theme “Unknown Pasts/Unseen Futures.” Find a full schedule of presenters is available here. Great work and good luck Mihaela!

by Ex Libris on May 24, 2017

A Few End of the Year Congratulations are in Order

As the quarter inches closer to summer break, Ex Libris would like to update folks on a few awesome accomplishments from the last few weeks. First, a kudos to Dave Welch who will be spending part of his summer at the Sewanee Writer’s Conference, and will have his tuition paid as their Tennessee Williams Scholar. Great work Dave! Next, two professors in the department are recent gran winners! Rebecca Johns Trissler was awarded a  Quality of Instruction Council (QIC) Competitive Instructional Grant, and Paula McQuade was awarded a University Research Council (URC) Competitive Research Grant. Y’all… Read Article →

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