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The I AM I Showcase is THIS Thursday, May 3 from 4:30 – 7:00pm for the ELEVENTH ANNUAL I AM I Showcase in Student Center 120A/B. English Department students Megan Stringer (5pm), David Rodriguez (5:30pm), and Jordan Wright (6pm) will read poems and short-shorts as part of the exhibition. The I AM I Showcase presents the creative work from students in SEVEN DePaul schools and colleges. We will be showcasing traditional drawings, prints, and paintings as well as design work, photography, animation, music and other art forms. Live poetry readings will also be featured. Each… Read Article →
Sighted Eyes/ Feeling Heart will be screened on Monday, May 7th from 4-6pm in Richardson Library 115. Lorraine Hansberry, author of A Raisin in the Sun and other plays, was a Chicago native. Raisin was the first play by an African American woman (a young and unknown artist at the time) to run on Broadway, and it was also the first black drama to be directed by an African American director (Lloyd Richards). The play was also a huge commercial success. But while her contemporaries James Baldwin, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison have often captured… Read Article →
The DePaul English Department invites you to attend our 9th Annual Spring English Conference on Friday, April 27 from 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM in Arts & Letters Hall. This daylong event celebrates and showcases the work of DePaul undergraduate and graduate students. Creative writing presentations include Poetry, Speculative Fiction, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction. Literary studies presentations include Sexuality & Love, Identity & Class, and Music & Religion. We’re excited to welcome Nate Marshall as this year’s keynote speaker. Nate Marshall is from the South Side of Chicago. He is the author of Wild Hundreds and an… Read Article →
Lifting as They Climbed: Mapping a History of Black Women as Chicago’s South Side: A Self-Guided Tour. with authors Mariame Kaba and Essence McDowell Tuesday, April 10 5:00-7:00 pm Arts and Letters 103 Refreshments provided Lifting as They Climbed is a guide/tour book that features Black women who contributed to the development of Chicago from the mid-19th century to today. This publication tells a story of some Chicago Black women who have shaped the city’s history, including Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Mary Richardson Jones, Ida B Wells-Barnett, Margaret Burroughs, Alice C Browning, Gwendolyn Brooks, Elder… Read Article →
