From the Directors: We’d like to encourage you to attend a special DePaul performance of Edward Albee’s play *At Home at the Zoo* on Friday, October 8th. The Office of Student Life has arranged for a special price for anyone with DePaul ID: $15 includes a ticket to the show and pizza beforehand. The show takes place at the Victory Gardens’ Biograph Theatre (aka the Zacek McVay Theatre) at 2433 Lincoln, a short walk from DePaul. A group of English faculty, students, staff and alumni will be heading to this event together. If you’d like… Read Article →
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Our alumni have been busy this summer with jobs, publications, and writing projects. Read along for news from some of our recent graduates. Krystal Baugher (MAWP ’10) has just published an article in the online journal Elephant. The article has the provocative title of “More Sex with More People: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Open Relationships”. Matt Bowen (MAWP) spent seven seasons in the NFL as a strong safety with the Rams, Packers, Redskins and Bills, including playing for Lovie Smith and Mike Martz in St. Louis. He writes for the Chicago… Read Article →
Dan Stolar read some of his new fiction, entitled “Hymie and Ruth,” on Tuesday May 25, 2010. Josh Covell, an MAWP student, writes his thoughts on the new story. Josh is graduating from the program in June. With a whiteboard of Yiddish translations behind him, Professor Dan Stolar was brave enough to give a reading of his new fiction piece, the as-yet-unpublished “Hymie and Ruth.” From the moment he started to read aloud, it was apparent that he had captured a familiarity and bittersweetness with the titular elderly characters Hymie and Ruth Schoenberg. Hymie, who… Read Article →
Ex Libris, DePaul’s Graduate English Newsletter, is making a move to WordPress and the blogosphere. Stay tuned for more updates as Molly, the graduate assistant, figures all this stuff out. For now, you can find out about events, classes, and news at the old Ex Libris site here. As you can see, our Flickr page is linked here. Look at all the fun conferences and activities students in the MAE and MAWP are involved in!