Ex Libris

Join us for our next Visiting Writers Series event with Davy Rothbart, October 17, 6 p.m., Richardson Library Room 115. Davy Rothbart is the creator of Found Magazine, a frequent contributor to public radio’s This American Life, and the author of a book of personal essays, My Heart Is An Idiot, and a collection of stories, The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. He writes regularly for GQ Magazine and Grantland, and his work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Believer. His documentary film, Medora, about a resilient high-school basketball… Read Article →

One Book, One Chicago: Music and the Great Migration Wednesday, October 16 at 6:00 PM As Isabel Wilkerson writes in The Warmth of Other Suns, “The music the migrants carried north with them … became … essentially the soundtrack of the twentieth century.” Join Chicago entrepreneur Herman Roberts and author Scott Blackwood as they discuss the music of the Great Migration by way of Roberts’ personal narrative and Blackwood’s scholarly work. DePaul University assistant professor of English Miles Harvey will moderate. Music and The Great Migration Wednesday, October 16, 6:00 p.m. DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus… Read Article →

Chicago Writers Conference is happy to announce its new partnership with Lillstreet Loft! Lillstreet Art Center offers arts education for all skill levels, a gallery, an artist residency program, studio space, and a community outreach program, and writers retreats. Lillstreet Loft will host a bookmaking retreat on November 3; read more about it here. Lillstreet Loft is our newest partner in our Writers Night Out workshop series. Join us at Lillstreet for Podcasting for Writers on November 4. Margaret Larkin will teach you how to record, edit, and publish your podcast online. Register before October 28… Read Article →

Join us for our next Visiting Writers Series event with Davy Rothbart, October 17, 6 p.m., Richardson Library Room 115. In My Heart Is an Idiot, Davy Rothbart is looking for love in all the wrong places. Constantly. He falls helplessly in love with pretty much every girl he meets—and rarely is the feeling reciprocated. Time after time, he hops in a car and tears halfway across America with his heart on his sleeve. He’s continually coming up with outrageous schemes and adventures, which he always manages to pull off. Well, almost always. But even… Read Article →

Jane Hamilton, author of The Book of Ruth, A Map of the World, The Short History of a Prince, and other favorites will be coming to DePaul on Friday, October 11th from 2 pm to 3pm. Hamilton will read from one of her books, and lecture as well. All students are encouraged to attend. The Honors Program can help you join or set up a small group discussion following the lecture and reading. The event is co-sponsored by the University Honors Program, the English department, and the DePaul Humanities Center. Jane will be reading from… Read Article →

The EGSA is going to Uptown Poetry Slam at The Green Mill! One of Chicago’s most famous jazz clubs, The Green Mill sponsors a Poetry Slam night every Sunday from 7pm-11pm. As lovers of all things literary, we are planning an official EGSA event to go on Sunday, October 13th at 7pm. Cover is $7. We hope to see you there!