For more information on Threshold, please visit their new website. Threshold will be awarding the Threshold Awards for Excellence in each of four literary categories. These categories include Dramatic Literature (one act plays and screenplay excerpts), Creative Non-Fiction (personal essays, literary journalism, memoirs, travel writing, etc), Fiction (short stories, novella or novel excerpts), and Poetry…Continue reading Threshold Awards for Excellence
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Newberry Library Grad Student Conference in Renaissance Studies, A Reflection
Interested in graduate student conferences? Read first-year MAE student Melissa Smith’s take on the Newberry Center for Renaissance Students conference, which she attended in late January. The Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St, hosted the Newberry Center for Renaissance Students 2011 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference from Jan. 27–29, drawing students from all over, including two of…Continue reading Newberry Library Grad Student Conference in Renaissance Studies, A Reflection
International Writing Centers Week Events
International Writing Centers Week February 14-18, 2011 Love Across Languages, a multilingual poetry reading. Come share your favorite love poems, in any language, and listen to others read some of their favorites. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome. Where: Loop Student Center, North Café When: Monday, February 14. 3pm-6pm Literacy Narratives Reading and…Continue reading International Writing Centers Week Events
The New Chicago Manual of Style: More Than Just a Blue Cover
Have a love-hate relationship with the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)? I’m sure most of us do, and second-year MAWP student Trudie Gauerke talks about hers in this post about the most recent changes to the CMOS with the release of the sixteenth edition. If you too have a love-hate relationship with The Chicago Manual…Continue reading The New Chicago Manual of Style: More Than Just a Blue Cover
“I’m ‘In Process'”
When you read second-year MAWP student Christopher L. Smith’s contemplation on the meaning of being “in process,” as a writer, you’ll find yourself contemplating along with him, and maybe discovering or rediscovering why you chose to be a writer or go to graduate school.
EGSA General Meeting
A message from the English Graduate Student Association: Hello! We hope that everyone has been enjoying the school year thus far. Before we all become even busier than we are now, we would like to invite you to the large group meeting for the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA). As you may remember from the…Continue reading EGSA General Meeting
Catching Up With Students and Alumni
Check out what our students and alumni have been up to recently. Have your own announcements? Email mtranber@depaul.edu to see your accomplishments on Ex Libris! Teaching Internships in Two-Year Colleges The following students are currently doing the 2-Year College Teaching Internships: Diana Anderson (MAE), Harold Washington College; Colleen Corliss (MAE), Wright College; Sarah Hughes (MAWRD),…Continue reading Catching Up With Students and Alumni
A Message from the Threshold Editors
Threshold is DePaul University’s premier student-run literary magazine. The magazine features creative work by DePaul students in the fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama genres. Threshold is currently accepting submissions for its 2011 issue out in June. Read below for workshops and submissions deadlines and guidelines. Threshold 2011 Workshops WANT TO BOOST YOUR CHANCE FOR PUBLICATION?…Continue reading A Message from the Threshold Editors
DePaul Night at Victory Gardens–The Boys Room
DePaul Night for The Boys Room is this Thursday, January 27, starting at 6:30pm. There will be a pre-show reception with some light refreshments from Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels and the show begins at 7:30pm. There will be a post-show discussion directly following the event. Tickets are only $15 for DePaul Students, Faculty and…Continue reading DePaul Night at Victory Gardens–The Boys Room