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By M.A.W.P. student Brittany Petersen On Tuesday, author Ryan Van Meter returned to his graduate school alma mater to read from his new book, If You Knew Then What I Know Now, and to answer questions from students eager to replicate his journey to success. But Van Meter was the first to admit that journey was improbable, to say the least; he didn’t want to mislead his audience into thinking that his ascension as a writer was the easy or typical road. It really doesn’t happen like this, he said. At least not on a… Read Article →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nw_NjkTJbY] Ryan Van Meter—who received an MA from the creative writing program—will be reading from his much-praised new essay collection, If You Knew Then What I Know Now. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly recently described the book as a “moving debut” with “profoundly universal appeal.” Ryan Van Meter Tuesday, April 26 6:00 p.m. Dorothy Day Room 400 John T. Richardson Library, 2350 N. Kenmore Ave. DePaul University Lincoln Park Campus Ryan Van Meter holds an MA in creative writing from DePaul and an MFA in nonfiction writing from The University of Iowa. His essays… Read Article →
By M.A.W.P. student Shane Zimmer Last Thursday I took part in a Master Class with author William Lychack as part of the Visiting Writers Program at DePaul. I was one of three fortunate M.A.W.P. students who had their stories selected for the hour-and-a-half workshop. Along with Javaria Afghani and Amanda Gibson, I had the opportunity to talk shop with the author of The Wasp Eater and The Architect of Flowers. Lychack took time to respond to each of our stories candidly. Though he had comments for each individual piece, he shared one particularly memorable insight… Read Article →
Twenty-two M.A.E. and M.A.W.P. students will present at the upcoming EGSA Spring Conference on Friday, April 15, 2011. Organized by Kimberly Anderson (M.A.E.), Steve Bogdaniec (M.A.W.P.), Heath Black (M.A.E.), Christopher Smith (M.A.W.P.), Brianna Tonner (M.A.W.P), and Angel Woods (M.A.W.P.), the conference features twelve panels of student presenters and a keynote address by Professor Hannah Pittard, author of The Fates Will Find Their Way. Please join the English Department in congratulating the graduate student presenters, listed below: Angela Ames (M.A.W.P.) Kimberly Anderson (M.A.E.) Steve Bogdaniec (M.A.W.P.) Katelyn Cunningham (M.A.E.) Jennifer Finstrom (M.A.W.P.) Amanda Fowler (M.A.W.P.) Trudie Gauerke… Read Article →
The M.A.W.P. is delighted to announce that Javaria Afghani, Amanda Gibson and Shane Zimmer have been selected to take a master class with visiting writer William Lychack this week. Congratulations to these three students—and thanks to all those who submitted work. The quality of the entries was strong and the competition was fierce. Please plan on attending this master class, which is open to the public. It’s a great opportunity to get to learn from an accomplished short-writer and novelist, and to get to know the work of your fellow graduate students. Master Class with… Read Article →
You are invited to attend the 18th annual philosophy graduate student conference on April 9th, 2011. The conference, “Urban Nature and the Praxis of Denaturalization,” will be held in the DePaul Student Center, Room 220 (2250 N. Clifton, Chicago 60614) from 9am-6pm. The scope of this conference makes it of interest not only to philosophers, but also those working in environmental studies, urban studies, geography, political science, anthropology, sociology, English, literature, and other fields. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Timothy Morton, of the University of California at Davis. Author of Ecology Without Nature and… Read Article →
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Master Class with William Lychack 3:30-5 pm Location (on Lincoln Park campus) TBA Reading by William Lychack 6 pm Richardson Library, room 400 2350 N. Kenmore Free & open to the public The MAWP is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for graduate students to work with visiting writer William Lychack, author of The Architect of Flowers, a new short-story collection that novelist Charles Baxter describes as “an amazing accomplishment, very complex and exceptionally beautiful.” In addition to reading from his work on the evening of April 14, Lychack has agreed… Read Article →