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 →
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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 →
There’s only one week left until the EGSA Conference paper submission deadline of midnight on Monday, March 19th. EGSA needs your Poetry, Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Analysis/Critical Approaches, Pedagogical and Literary Theory, and other writing on Publishing, Professional, and Teaching Practices. This is a great opportunity to showcase your work, get a line on your CV, and have fun with your classmates. While we’re still waiting for the EGSA Conference’s keynote speaker to be announced, there has been another conference development: EGSA is going to be collecting used books during the conference to donate to… Read Article →
The upcoming EGSA Spring Conference now has its own home page– right here on Ex Libris! Check out EGSA Spring Conference 2012 for all of the most up-to-date information about how to apply, including the downloadable application form. Don’t miss a great chance to participate in a conference and share your work with your friends and classmates. The deadline to apply is March 19th, so get your papers, poetry, and prose ready. And check back soon for more updates, including this year’s very special keynote speaker. *** The DePaul Humanities Center invites everyone to attend… Read Article →
Ten thousand people are registered for the sold-out Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference this weekend right here in Chicago. If you’re lucky enough to count yourself among them, stop by the DePaul Masters in Writing and Publishing Program table at the book fair to say hi! It’ll be located in the lower level of the Chicago Hilton, Southeast Hall, N-19. Current MAWP students will be staffing the table to talk to prospective students and other interested folks about what makes our program so special. Of course, we will be more than happy to chat… Read Article →
Call for Student Papers- Conference: Popular Uprisings in Times of Crisis The International Studies Programs at DePaul University & University of Illinois at Chicago invite graduate and undergraduate students to submit a one page research paper proposal for the 2012 annual student conference to be held on April 18th. The theme of this year’s conference is Popular Movements in Times of Crisis. We live in a time of crisis, whether we look at global and national economies, the environment, increasingly fragile and intolerant political orders, contentious ideologies, or mounting anger at systemic inequalities. This conference… Read Article →
Believe it or not, tomorrow is the last day of January. Literary-event-wise, it’s going out with a bang with what is sure to be a fascinating reading and reception with author Mahmoud Saeed at the Lincoln Park campus. Luckily, February will be packed with even more great literary events in and around DePaul. Grab your calendars and get ready for these upcoming literary events from the DePaul Visiting Writers Program, the DePaul Humanities Center, the Guild Literary Complex, and more! February 2nd – DEPAUL POETS DePaul’s own Mark Turcotte, Chris Green, David Welch and Kathleen… Read Article →
This Tuesday, join the DePaul Humanities Center in a very special event with one of DePaul’s visiting writers. Iraqi writer Mahmoud Saeed is marking the release of his newest novel in translation, The World Through the Eyes of Angels with readings from his writings and a round table discussion with Saeed and DePaul faculty members Nesreen Akhtarkhavari (Modern Languages), Carolyn Goffman (English), and Michael McIntyre (International Studies). The event will take place Tuesday, January 31st in room 314 of the Student Center. It will begin with a reception at 5:30 p.m., and the reading and… Read Article →
Special update! It has just been confirmed that the guest writers on tomorrow’s DePaul Student Writers Show are English graduate students Bethany Brownholtz and Michael Van Kerckhove. Tune in to hear them read their work on Radio DePaul, radio.depaul.edu, this Friday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. *** Current students, are you interested in an internship at a two-year college or maybe even the Certificate in Teaching English in the Two-Year College? Then mark your calendars for an upcoming information session on Internships at Two-Year Colleges and the Certificate in Teaching English in the Two-Year College. The information… Read Article →
Last week we shared with you a list of dates and deadlines for submitting your abstracts, writings, and resumes. Today we have another list of dates to mark in your calendars, but this time of great literary events taking place in the coming weeks. Some are on campus and some are out in the city, but all promise to be well worth your time! — Sunday, January 29th – Sunday Salon Chicago, a monthly literary reading series featuring local and national authors, will be taking place at Black Rock (3614 N Damen Ave) at 7… Read Article →
What have our students and alumni been up to over break? Publishing lots of great stuff! Congratulations to current student Zhanna Vaynberg (M.A.W.P.) who recently had a poem published in Burning Word Literary Magazine. Zhanna wrote her poem, “Bad Timing,” for Christine Sneed’s Eng 484 class last quarter. You can download “Bad Timing,” and the rest of Burning Word Issue 61 for free at burningword.com. Congratulations also to alum Marianne McDonough-Chrisos (M.A.W.P. ’11) just had a Flash Fiction piece accepted to online literary magazine Literary Juice. Her short piece, “Thai Tea” can be read here…. Read Article →
Autumn Quarter Week 4 Wednesday September 30 Banned Books Week pop-up shop, and info table 11 am-1 pm, 11th Floor DePaul Center, Loop Campus English Department Book Club discusses A Song of Ice and Fire 6:00-7:3o pm Richardson Library 115 Thursday October 1 Deadline to apply for Autumn ’15 Degree Conferral Friday October 2 “Books on the Chopping Block” presented by City Lit Theater Company 2-3 pm, Richardson Library Room 115 Monday October 5 Deadline to apply for Crook and Folly staff/editor positions Course Carts Open Tuesday October 6 Visiting Writer Series presents John McNally and Cyn Vargas at 6 pm,… Read Article →