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Dylan Weir, an MA Alum of DePaul, will read from his first book, Public House, on October 21st at 6:30 PM in ALH Room 314. Weir is a poet, whose work has appeared in Best New Poets, Narrative, and New England Review. According to Trio House Press, “Public House maps the delirious landscapes of addiction. In poem after poem, Dylan Weir chronicles the mix of memory and mythology concocted between last call and first light. Between oblivion and sobriety. Between the pull of the bottle and the harder seductions of hope.”

Authors and DePaul Professors Miles Harvey and Chris Solís Green will be in conversation about “The Literature of Disappearance: Poetry and Prose.” They will also discuss the challenges and triumphs of starting a small press, Big Shoulders Books. The talk will take place on Thursday, October 15th at 6 p.m. at DePaul’s John T. Richardson Library, Room 103. It is free and open to the public Miles Harvey won the 2024 Society of Midland Authors Adult Fiction Award and the 2023 Journal Non/Fiction Prize for The Registry of Forgotten Objects, a collection of short stories…. Read Article →

Tomorrow, September 17th at 6 PM, the DePaul Humanities Center (DHC), in partnership with the Japan Foundation of New York and the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies, will present Sound & Voice in Yu Miri’s Work, a literary event featuring acclaimed author Yu Miri, who is currently based in Chicago as a Visiting Research Associate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. Exploring the role of sound and voice in Yu Miri‘s work, this event will feature readings from her new play Obon as well as her… Read Article →

Join us for a conversation with International Latino Book Award Winner and recipient of the Bram Stoker Award, Cynthia Pelayo, for a discussion of her short-story collection Lotería on Thursday, May 28 at 4:30 p.m. in the Latinx Cultural Center. See below for more details:

Join us for a conversation with Daisy Hernandez—poet, author and associate professor in Creative Writing at Northwestern University—about her new book Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth. The event will take place on Monday, May 18 at 1 p.m. in A&L 108, and will be followed by a group discussion with the author at 4:30 p.m. in the LatinX Cultural Center. See below for full details:

The deadline to submit your work to the 17th Annual Spring English Conference ends tomorrow, April 15! The Spring English Conference is a time-honored tradition that originated in 2010 as the EGSA (English Graduate Student Association) Spring Conference. We have been very pleased to accept work from both graduate and undergraduate students over the years, expanding our annual conference into an event that all English students can participate in and attend. This year’s conference will take place on Friday, May 15, 2026! Submission Guidelines:  Please submit your work to englishconference.dpu@gmail.com and include your name, area of concentration/major, genre, and length of piece…. Read Article →

This Friday, April 17 from 6 to 9 p.m., is LAS Student/Alumni Career Night and Social, a networking event designed to connect current students in DePaul’s College of LAS to a wide range of alumni. Light food and beverage will be provided. Register for free HERE.

Join the Latinx Book Club at the Center for Latino Research for their discussions on Lotería: Stories by Cynthia Pelayo. The discussion dates take place on Thursdays from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. April 30, May 14 and May 28. The first 15 students to register here will receive a free copy of the book!

The Center for Black Diaspora is hosting an event tomorrow, February 25, at 4 p.m. featuring a discussion on the theme of black imagination with Dr. Corey Miles. The event is part of an ongoing series for the center to discuss and celebrate the themes of the film Sinners. You can join in person or via Zoom. See the flyer below for more details.

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