Professor David Welch has been on the English Department faculty since 2008, but he is teaching his first graduate class this year. David Welch is a recipient of the Hill-Kohn Prize from the Academy of American Poets and former Poetry Editor of Black Warrior Review. His poems have appeared in journals including AGNI Online, Kenyon Review Online, and Subtropics, as well as the anthologies Best New Poets 2007, Best of the Web 2010, and Helen Burns Poetry Anthology: New Voices from the Academy of American Poets University & College Prizes, 1999-2008. Look out for more faculty profiles… Read Article →
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The Guild Literary Complex is proud to announce a call for non-fiction and short fiction submissions for its annual Prose Awards. Every Fall the Guild showcases emerging and established short fiction and non-fiction writers with a judged competition, recognition event and two cash prizes of $500. This year’s guest judges will be Susan Messer (non-fiction) and Bayo Ojikutu (fiction). The winner from each category will read his/her work and receive the prize at the Prose Awards recognition event on November 10th, 2010 at the California Clipper, 1002 N. California Ave, Chicago, IL, 8:30 pm (21… Read Article →
Surepayroll.com needs someone to update their state tax pages with 2010 information and verify all information is correct. Here’s an example page: http://www.surepayroll.com/online-payroll/alabama-payroll.asp This project entails the following: • Check the information on Web pages (50 pages containing approximately 200 words each) against updated information provided in an online resource guide. • Email back changes: Use online editing tool or print and mark up to show edits, email back Details: • Time estimate: Between 7 and 15 hours • Project fee: $300 • Project completion date: Oct. 12 • Writer will be asked to sign… 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translations behind him, Professor Dan Stolar was brave enough to give a reading of his new fiction piece, the as-yet-unpublished “Hymie and Ruth.”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!