It’s Valentine’s Day, and you know what that means: a free reading by Haki Madhubuti and Amina Gautier at the Lincoln Park campus! Join us from 6-8 p.m. in room 103 of the Arts & Letters Hall for this great event co-sponsored by African and Black Diaspora Studies and the Department of English! *** The University of Saint Thomas Graduate English Department is hosting its annual conference in April, and they have issued a Call for Papers to all graduate students. The UST English Graduate Program will hold its annual conference on FRIDAY, APRIL 27th,… Read Article →
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By now most of us current students probably (hopefully) know a bit about Arts & Letters Hall– at least how to find our classrooms and professors’ offices. But did you know that the English Department has our very own private Student Resource Room in the second-floor English suite? Here’s what you need to know: The Student Resource Room is located at 210-11 A&L Hall Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Walk-ins: Department of English graduate and undergraduate students may use the Center when it’s not reserved for a meeting or event. Students may use… Read Article →
Current MAE and MAWP students, congratulate yourselves on another quarter finished! Special congratulations to all of you who are graduating, and best of luck on your next adventures. As most Ex Libris readers probably already know, the end of the Fall 2011 quarter also marks the end of the English Department’s residence in McGaw Hall. Starting on Jan. 3 with the start of the Winter 2012 quarter, all classes and professors’ offices in the English Department (graduate and undergraduate) will be housed in the new Arts & Letters Building, located right next to the library… Read Article →
*REMINDER: Tomorrow, Tuesday Oct. 25th is the LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS for the Autumn Quarter.* — Exciting news for social media aficionados: DePaul University English Graduate Programs is now on Facebook! If you’re a Facebook user, hop on over and “like” our page to connect with your friends and classmates and get even more updates on your favorite graduate programs. — The deadline for Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival’s Fiction Contest is approaching fast, and the organizers are excited to unearth new writing talent. Amy Hempel, the master of the short form, will… Read Article →
Threshold is DePaul’s award-winning, all-student journal of literature and art, and they need your help to make this year’s issue happen! Threshold is soliciting applications for editors for the 2012 issue. If you are interested in getting involved, please write a 1-2 page application letter describing your relevant experience and commitment, as well as your vision for the magazine, and place it in faculty adviser Prof. Dan Stolar’s mailbox in McGaw 255 by Wednesday, Oct. 12th. If you are interested in working with the magazine, but not necessarily taking on the commitment of being co-editor,… Read Article →
You asked and Ex Libris delivers! Today we are happy to bring you Part 2 of “Meet the New GA’s”. If you missed part one, you can read about Matt, Julia, and Claire here. Please join me in congratulating all seven new GA’s. Tracey Hulstein Program & year: MAWP, first year GA role: UCWbL Productions (formerly Multimedia) Team Leader Bio: Tracey is originally from Rochester, MN, but somehow ended up living in Iowa for the past seven years. She graduated from Northwestern College in Orange City, IA, double-majoring in Theatre and Writing with a focus… Read Article →
By M.A.W.P. student Trudie Gauerke Originally published on Read or Rot. Browsing to create a summer reading list can be as fun as reading itself–perhaps that’s why the media is so eager to help. It’s barely June and already over twenty-five notable lists are out for children and adults (in addition to all those issued by local libraries and schools). The LA Times list is by far the winner based not on content, but on the visually stunning and seamless browsing experience achieved by its format. In a culture where the media produces dozens of… Read Article →
The winners of the One Book, One Chicago Neverwhere Literature Contest, as judged by Kate Bernheimer, are: 1st Place: Megan McKeon (for “Attenuating”) 2nd Place: Erica Walker Adams (for “A Very Fine Thing”) 3rd Place: Richard Rodriguez (For “Exterior Decorator Feeling Restless in a Dead Room”) Please join us in congratulating the winners at the Awards Reception and Reading at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1st, at the DePaul University John T. Richardson Library, Room 300 (The Rosati Room), 2350 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614.
E.G.S.A. hosted its second annual Spring Conference on April 15, 2011. The conference featured student presentations of academic papers and creative work to fellow graduate students, faculty, and undergraduate students. The event concluded with keynote speaker Hannah Pittard. This year, the conference organizers published a proceedings of the event. This proceedings (and all student work published therein) will be available on Ex Libris soon in the E.G.S.A. section. In the meantime, you can read the proceedings in .PDF format by downloading them here. Please join the English Graduate Programs office in congratulating all student presenters… Read Article →
by MAWP student Marianne Chrisos Last Friday, I attended and read at the Threshold Literary Journal 2011 Launch Party. My piece, a creative nonfiction essay called “Solving for X,” was published in the back of this bright and shiny bound-up creature. I am honored and excited. Threshold is a pretty neat thing. And it was a pretty neat night. I had two drinks because they gave me two drink tickets at the door, and I felt it would be wasteful to not use them. I also had to read an excerpt of my piece on… Read Article →
Each year at our end-of-year celebration we take time to recognize the achievements of our students. On June 3rd, 3-5pm, at McGaw Hall, we will be honoring graduate students who earned distinction on their Comprehensive exams and/or are receiving their master’s degree “with distinction.” We also want to recognize students who have presented scholarly papers or given public readings of their creative work as well as those who have published their work, completed a thesis, or been accepted to a doctoral or M.F.A. program. If you have accomplishments you want to have recognized at the… Read Article →