On Thursday, April 23 at 5 p.m., English faculty Mark Turcotte, Chris Solis Green and Daniel Borzutzky are participating in a poetry event at Columbia College Chicago, 618 S. Michigan Ave, 3rd Floor. Chris will be showing a film that’s based on his crown of sonnets, THE DEAD ZOO. The movie was recently named an “official selection” of the Los Angeles Short Film Awards. The event is free and open to the public.
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On Thursday, April 23, one of Miles Harvey’s short stories, Four Faces, is being featured at the Rosewood Tavern, 5726 N. Western Ave. The event will feature a reading by Chicago actress Rengin Altay and music by Lisa DeRosia and Colby Maddox.
Alumni Timothy J. Hillegonds will visit DePaul on Wednesday, April 29 at 6 p.m. in ALH 103 to discuss his new book, And You Will Call It Fate. See below for more information:
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.
On April 24 and 25, The UChicago Program in Creative Writing will host its annual Literary Arts Lab Festival, this year featuring writers Andrea Long Chu, Teju Cole, Richard Siken, and Jamila Woods for two days of panel discussions, craft talks, and readings. Staff from Pilsen Community Books will be on site both days to sell a selection of titles by this year’s guests, with each book offered at half the usual price. On Friday, April 24, the festival will kick things off at 3:30 p.m. with a welcome from Prof. Robyn Schiff, Director of Creative Writing, followed by a writers… Read Article →
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!
Thank you so much to everyone who participated and shared their work for the 2nd iteration of the Graduate Reading Series on Thursday, April 2, and to those who came out to support! It was such a special evening with readings in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Stay tuned for information on the next reading!
Join us for another Graduate Reading Series at Uncommon Ground (3800 North Clark Street) on Thursday, April 2, 2026 from 7-9 p.m. The event will feature seven graduate writers in the MAWP/MFA programs, who will share their works of poetry or short prose. It’s a wonderful opportunity for fellow writers and readers to come together and celebrate creative storytelling! The reading is free and open to the public, but requires registration here to secure a seat. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the reading will begin at 7 p.m. Contact Kendall Polidori at kpolidor@depaul.edu with any questions or for information… Read Article →
“Poets for Chicago” is hosting another benefit reading for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICRR) on Friday, April 3 in Uptown. The event will feature poets José Olivarez, Maya del Valle, C. Russell Price, Juan Martinez and The Borderless Poets. See below for more details:
Join us for another Graduate Reading Series at Uncommon Ground (3800 North Clark Street) on Thursday, April 2, 2026 from 7-9 p.m. The event will feature seven graduate writers in the MAWP/MFA programs, who will share their works of poetry or short prose. It’s a wonderful opportunity for fellow writers and readers to come together and celebrate creative storytelling! The reading is free and open to the public, but requires registration here to secure a seat. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the reading will begin at 7 p.m. Contact Kendall Polidori at kpolidor@depaul.edu… Read Article →