Tune into WGN radio tonight to hear two DePaul MAE professors discuss “Great Achievements in the American Novel.” Hugh Ingrasci and June Chung will be guests on Milt Rosenberg’s Extension 720 program, tonight, 10:00 to Midnight, Thursday, March 3rd. The show is on WGN 720 AM radio. *** Literary Laundry is excited to announce its fifth call for submissions. As always, all work submitted to the journal will also be considered for Literary Laundry‘s writing competitions. They are offering the following cash awards: $500 for the best poem, $500 for the best short story, and… Read Article →
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DePaul’s Visiting Writers’ Program is thrilled to announce an extraordinary literary event this week at DePaul. On Thursday, May 3rd, the celebrated poet Campbell McGrath reads at 6 p.m. in Rosati Room 300 of the John T. Richardson Library. Campbell is the author of nine books, including Spring Comes to Chicago and the recently released In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys. His work has received many of America’s most significant literary honors, including the Kingsley Tufts Award and fellowships from the MacArthur and Guggenheim Foundations. Originally from Chicago, he teaches at Florida International University,… Read Article →
While everyone is busy with the mid-quarter workload and getting ready for registration or Commencement, allow us to recommend a few links to DePaul/literature/writing-related content around the web. Enjoy! *** Two weeks ago, DePaul University welcomed five University of Alabama poets to campus as part of an exchange program between DePaul and the University of Alabama, and luckily for us, DePaul Radio’s Student Writer Series was there to document it. DePaul SWS recorded the five University of Alabama poets reading some of their own work, and talking about their small press, Slash Pine Press for… Read Article →
This Friday, April 27th is the final One Book One Chicago Spring event at DePaul. Details are as follows: Chinese Literary Forms and Gold Boy, Emerald Girl Friday, April 27, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus John T. Richardson Library 2350 N. Kenmore Avenue, Room 300 (Rosati Room) James Shea (Nebraska Wesleyan University) and Dorothy Tse Hiu Hung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) discuss classical literary forms as background to the stories in Gold Boy, Emerald Girl. Shea’s lecture, “Classical Chinese Poetry and Yiyun Li’s Gold Boy, Emerald Girl,” explores the Chinese quatrains that were popular… Read Article →
This morning, DePaul’s literary journal Threshold announced the winners of the 2012 Threshold Literary Award for Excellence, and we are pleased to say that two of the winners are our own English graduate students. Congratulations to Angel Woods who will be receiving the Nonfiction Award for her piece, “A Lesson About Detours” and Zhanna Vaynberg who will be receiving the Dramatic Literature Award for her play for “What It’s Never About”. Both are students in the MAWP. The fiction and poetry awards this year go to two undergraduate students: Alec Moran for “Table Manners”and Emsie… Read Article →
Faculty News: The PEN/ O.Henry Prize Stories 2012 Anthology has just hit the shelves, and DePaul English grad students will recognize a familiar name in the list of prize winners. Congratulations to Professor Christine Sneed, whose short story “The First Wife” is among those stories selected for inclusion. Prof. Sneed’s story will appear alongside other winners, including Dagoberto Gilb, Yiyun Li, Alice Munro, John Berger, and Salvatore Scibona, and the collection can be found at any of your favorite bookstores. *** Reminder: The final installation in the DePaul Humanities Center’s year-long series on Literature and… Read Article →
Thank you to everyone who attended last Friday’s Third Annual EGSA Conference, and congratulations to all the participants and organizers who made the event a success! Check back with Ex Libris for more information about conference proceedings coming soon. *** For current students: Course Carts are now open on Campus Connect for both Summer sessions and the Fall quarter. You can use this option to browse classes until registration for Summer and Fall opens on April 30th. *** The DePaul English Department and Visiting Writers Series is hosting a reading by writer Caitlin Horrocks this… Read Article →
Please remember today’s Master Class with visiting novelist and essayist Eileen Pollack, who recently won the prestigious Grub Street National Book Prize. Eileen will be reading and discussing work by JENNIFER HOUGHTON, JENCY KANICHIRAYIL and ANGEL WOODS. Copies of their pieces are now available at the third-floor front desk of the English Department. All students are welcome at this event, which takes place TODAY, Thursday, April 12th, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Rosatti Room 300 of the John T. Richardson Library in Lincoln Park. Please plan on being there. Everyone will benefit from hearing the response… Read Article →
Twenty-four MAE and MAWP students have been selected to present at the upcoming EGSA Spring Conference on Friday, April 13th, 2012. Organized by Trudie Gauerke (MAWP), Michael Hernandez (MAE), Jessica Saltiel (MAE), and Angel Woods (MAWP), the conference features fifteen panels of student presenters and a keynote address by Mahmoud Saeed. In the spirit of academic fellowship, we welcome everyone to attended the event and support the presenters. The conference will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. with the keynote address beginning at 7:15 p.m. on the fourth floor of Arts & Letters… Read Article →
*REMINDER* Today, Monday April 9th, is the last day to drop a class with no penalty. After today, a “W” will appear on your transcripts if you withdraw. *** The deadline for submissions to the April 12th master class with Eileen Pollack has been extended until 9 a.m. TOMORROW, TUESDAY APRIL 10th. This is an exciting opportunity for graduate students in both fiction and creative nonfiction. Pollack is the author of the new novel, Breaking and Entering, which was awarded the 2012 Grub Street National Book Prize and named a New York Times Editor’s Choice… Read Article →
Reminder to current students: Tomorrow, April 6th, DePaul University will be closed and classes will not be held. See you Monday! *** Presenters of Enlightenment Through Spoken Word (POETS), the DePaul student poetry club, has invited poet Meg Kearney to read on Lincoln Park Campus next week. Kearney will read from 6 to 7 pm in Munroe Hall 115/116 on Wednesday April 11th. The reading will be followed by a question and answer session and light refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to all DePaul students. *** The Guild Literary Complex… Read Article →
Yesterday on Ex Libris we featured an event hosted by the Guild Literary Complex which called for students from each of Chicago’s creative writing graduate programs to read at an open mic. Today we are happy to announce that two students have stepped forward to represent DePaul’s MAWP: Mellissa Gyimah and Jim Shadid. Please join the Guild Complex for this open mic event (see yesterday’s post and/or the flyer for details) on Wednesday April 11th to support Jim and Mellissa– and bring a student ID! *** All are invited to join DePaul’s Center for African… Read Article →