Join Kathleen Rooney, a professor of English at DePaul, and her sister Beth Rooney, photographer and journalist, for a discussion about their new children’s book Leaf Town Forever. The event will take place on Wednesday, November 5 at 6 p.m. CDT in Arts & Letters 103. See below for more information.
Mark Turcotte, professor and DePaul’s Distinguished Writer in Residence, will be the honored guest as Poet Laureate of Illinois at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture on Saturday, October 11 from 12-2 p.m. The event is free and will feature the poets Luis Tubens, Mayda Del Valle and Dr. Yolanda Nieves. Click here for more information!
The Poets and Writers Guild for the Arts in the Dark Parade is looking for poets, writers, spoken word artists, novelists, short story writers, journalists, memoirists, essayists, graphic novelists, illustrators, educators, booksellers, literary arts organizers, literacy advocates, readers, and bibliophiles to participate in the 11th annual Arts in the Dark Parade on October 18, 2025! The parade takes place in the Loop on State Street moving south from Lake Street to Van Buren from 6 to 8 p.m. Now in its 11th year, Arts in the Dark is a magical evening parade celebrating Halloween as… Read Article →
According to the Chicago Public Library, there were 821 censorship attempts on library books in 2024, the third highest number of book challenges recorded by the American Library Association‘s Office for Intellectual Freedom. This is why CPL is committed to supporting Chicagoan’s freedom to read and is the leader of the Book Sanctuary Movement. Interested in getting involved this week? Check out the list of events across Chicago Public Library locations here! Can’t make it in person? Check out the American Library Association’s list for free online events this week.
Join the LatinX Book Club this month in reading and discussing the novel Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González. The first 15 students who register will receive a FREE COPY of the book! On Wednesday, November 19, González will visit DePaul for an in-person discussion. Sign up here.
On Sunday, October 5, Avery Cunningham (MAWP ’16) will be at the Maxwell Street Market from 12-1 p.m. for a discussion around the history of Chicago’s Maxwell Street Market, and the role it plays in her debut novel The Mayor of Maxwell Street (Disney/Hyperion 2024). Books will be available to purchase from Da Book Joint, and Avery will be signing books on site!
Andrew W. Kahrl will join us on campus for a discussion on the racist practices long hidden in the shadows of America’s tax regimes on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 6 p.m. You can register for free here. The event will be held in person on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park Campus (McGowan South, Room 104) or via Zoom, which will be followed by a Graduate Student Social Hour! More information about Kahrl: Andrew W. Kahrl is a professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Virginia. He specializes in the history of race and… Read Article →
Over the weekend, Chicago Humanities wrapped up Pilsen / Little Village Day, which featured a Pilsen Public Art Tour and events with the likes of Cheech Marin (Cheech and Chong) and Zosia Mamet of Girls. But don’t fret, there are plenty of upcoming fall events to attend! Most events include a student discount, which you can select when purchasing tickets. Here’s a list of author/book events to check out in October: Illinois Tech Day 2025 UChicago Arts & Humanities Day 2025
Welcome new and returning graduate students! I hope you’re having a great start to the fall quarter. Before I jump into some exciting events and submission announcements, I wanted to extend an open call for submissions to Ex Libris. Want to write a book review, an author, alumni or faculty interview, a short reflection on an internship you’ve done in the program, or an issue in contemporary publishing? Please reach out to me, Kendall Polidori, at kpolidor@depaul.edu. I’m open to other ideas you might have, as well! Excited to collaborate with you. Now,… Read Article →
Good afternoon, everyone! We have a few announcements today, including info about the Newberry Library’s upcoming conference for graduate student scholarship and their list of summer courses, an extended call for Crook & Folly Editor-in-Chief applications, and a reminder about those rental books that you may or may not have forgotten are due this week. To help you plan your schedule, we also put together a list of deadlines for the remainder of this week, the entire summer, and the first couple weeks of Autumn Quarter! (Scroll down for info on each of these!) This… Read Article →
The photos are in! Click here to view the photos from Friday’s Spring English Conference & Celebration! (And thanks again to everyone who attended, presented, and/or participated in this special annual event!)
Happy Monday, everyone! First, a huge thank you to everyone who attended our Spring English Conference & Celebration last Friday! We were excited to see so many students, alumni, friends, and family supporting our panelists and our award recipients. From the writing and accomplishments of English BA and MA students, to Prof. Mark Turcotte’s recent appointment as Illinois Poet Laureate, to the completion of MFA students’ theses, there was so much to celebrate! We’d also like to thank everyone who participated in our conference—especially our student panelists, who presented insightful literary analyses and meaningful creative… Read Article →