Tune in to Watch Francesca Royster in Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Friday, February 17, 2023 – 7:30pm to 8:30pm

This is a virtual event hosted on crowdcast. Charis welcomes Francesca Royster in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs for a discussion of Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance. A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicago’s North and South Sides. Follow the link for more info.…Continue reading Tune in to Watch Francesca Royster in Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Friday, February 17, 2023 – 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Call For Submissions: Ex Libris!

Ex Libris is taking submissions! We are looking to feature book reviews and interviews with alumni and faculty, written by current students. Have an idea, or a piece already written? Email Zach Sharp @ rsharp5@depaul.edu. Thanks, Zach

My Interview With Professor Kathleen Rooney and Her New Book, Where Are The Snows: See Her Read Tonight, Oct.19, 6-7 PM in ALH 103!

I recently had the opportunity to ask (via email) author, poet and Professor Kathleen Rooney about her newest poetry collection, Where Are The Snows. Along with the award winning book’s vital take on a world insistent on ending, we get to talking about the collection’s relation to Rose Metal Press and Poems While You Wait,…Continue reading My Interview With Professor Kathleen Rooney and Her New Book, Where Are The Snows: See Her Read Tonight, Oct.19, 6-7 PM in ALH 103!

Congrats to Chris Green!

Chris Green worked with 99 other Chicago poets to write one collaborative poem addressing gun violence, speaking to its victims and their loved ones. Watch the full book trailer here. Listen to Chris on Fox32Chicago, WBEZ’s Reset, WGN, and WBBM Newsradio. Read more about the poem’s pantoum form in this interview with Hypertext Magazine, and…Continue reading Congrats to Chris Green!