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by Ex Libris on November 6, 2015

Sunday Salon Chicago on November 22nd

This month’s Sunday Salon Chicago is taking place November 22 at 7:00 p.m. at Riverview Tavern, 1958 W. Roscoe St. (corner of Roscoe & Damen). Featuring four outstanding authors: Rebecca Makkai, Clayton Smith, Kate Harding, and Anne Calcagno. Find the event page here. About the authors: Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the story collection Music for Wartime, as well as the novels The Hundred-Year House (a BookPage “Best Book” of 2014 and winner of the Chicago Writers Association Award) and The Borrower (a Booklist Top Ten Debut). Her short fiction was featured in The Best… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 6, 2015

New Fellowship with The Creative Nonfiction Foundation: Writing Away the Stigma

The Creative Nonfiction Foundation, in partnership with The Pittsburgh Foundation, is providing twelve writing fellowships to people who want to write about how mental illness has affected their lives. The writing fellows will take part in five weekly workshops, which will cover the entire writing process, led by Lee Gutkind, founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction. All participants will conceive their stories, learn the creative nonfiction craft, and write first and follow-up drafts. In preparation for a series of public events and readings, a later session will focus on developing skills for reading/performing stories effectively for an audience. Fellows… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 6, 2015

Black Lawrence Press Open Reading Period

Independent publisher Black Lawrence Press is now open for submissions for their fall reading period. During their November open reading period Black Lawrence accepts submissions in the following categories: novel, novella, short story collection (full-length and chapbook), poetry (full-length and chapbook), biography & cultural studies, translation (from the German and the French), and creative nonfiction. Submit your work to Black Lawrence online where you can also learn about their ongoing writing contest. The open reading period ends in December and submissions are due by November 30th.

by Ex Libris on November 6, 2015

Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers

Independent publisher Glimmer Train is now accepting submissions for their Short Story Award for New Writers contest. The contest is exclusively open to writers whose fiction has not appeared, nor is scheduled to appear, in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. The due date for submissions is November 30th (with a one week grace period). First place wins $1,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories and 10 copies. Second place wins $500, or, if chosen for publication, $700 and 10 copies. Third place wins $300, or, if chosen for publication, $700 and 10 copies. The reading fee is… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 6, 2015

Undergraduate Student Fiction Reading

This Monday, November 9th, there will be an undergraduate student fiction reading. The event takes place from 6:00-7:00 pm in the Richardson Library Room 115. It will feature Michele Ledbetter, Brett Musnicki, Charlotte Pence, and Rachel Summerfield. Graduate students are encouraged to attend and support the undergraduate Creative Writing Program!

by Ex Libris on November 6, 2015

Book Launch I’ll Tell You Mine featuring Michele Morano

The University of Chicago Press is hosting a book launch event for I’ll Tell You Mine: Thirty Years of Essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program. The launch will feature DePaul’s MAWP professor Michele Morano as well as author and College of DuPage Professor Tom Fate – both contributors and alumni of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop Nonfiction Writing Program. The event place at the Oak Park Public Library on Sunday, November 22nd from 3:30-4:45 pm. I’ll Tell You Mine is an anthology rooted in Iowa’s successful program that goes beyond mere celebration to present some of the best nonfiction… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 6, 2015

Spotlight: ENG 412 Arthurian Literature with Lesley Kordecki

by Ex Libris on November 5, 2015

Career Night Panel of Editors

Monday, November 9th the English Department will be hosting three local editors to discuss what they do, how they got their jobs, and how students might find similar work. The event will take place from 6:30-7:30 pm in A&L Room 202. Following the presentation, their will be a 30 minute Q&A. Presenters include: Contact Professor Chris Green with any questions at cgreen1@depaul.edu.

by Ex Libris on November 5, 2015

Philosophy Department Workshop: Trauma, Memory and Representation

DePaul’s Philosophy Department invites students to their Workshop on Trauma, Memory, and Representation taking place on Thursday and Friday, November 12th and 13th in the Richardson Library Room 400. The workshop will conclude on Friday evening with a performance of the play Maximum Security and concurrent roundtable discussion from 4:00-6:00 pm at the event room in the DePaul Art Museum. Both events are free and open to the public. However, students interested in attending the workshops should contact Professor Maria Acosta (macostal@depaul.edu) from the philosophy department to receive papers in advance – sessions will be… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 5, 2015

Call for Planners: Third Annual Interdisciplinary Conference

The Third Annual LAS Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Conference will be held again this year in early March. The Conference Steering Committee and the LAS Graduate Directors Council are searching for interested graduate students to get involved in the conference’s planning and recruiting this year. Students interested in working on the conference can contact Professor Janet Hickey with their name, program name, and email address at jhicke11@depaul.edu.

by Ex Libris on November 5, 2015

Big Shoulders Books Launch Event, I Remember: Chicago Veterans of War

presents: BOOK LAUNCH RECEPTION and READING Veterans Day, November 11 6:00-8:00 pm Lincoln Park Student Center Room 120 This Veterans Day come celebrate the launch of I Remember: Chicago Veterans of War, the latest book from DePaul’s Big Shoulders Books. I Remember weaves together the memories of fifty veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Veterans from the book and actors from DePaul’s Theater School will read memories from the book. Refreshments will be served, books will be available. Get your own copy of I Remember online, free of charge.

by Ex Libris on November 4, 2015

Reminder: Teaching Evaluations Open

A friendly reminder that online teaching evaluations for Autumn Quarter 2016 opened today! Teaching evaluations are important both to the DePaul administration during the tenure process and professors looking to improve on their courses. Not to mention it is a unique chance for your student voice to be heard! Find evaluations online at Campus Connect.