Happy Friday, everyone!
On Tuesday (April 22), join Prof. Chris Solís Green and Prof. Liam Heneghan for “The Dead Zoo: Natural History and Poetry in a Time of Crisis“! This Earth Day event will include a film and discussion in McGowan South (2325 N. Clifton Ave.), Rm. 103, and will start at 6:30 PM. Read the poster below for full details!
(We’ll add this event to our Week 4 list!)
Chris Solís Green is currently Distinguished Writer in Residence in the English Department at DePaul University. He is the author of five books of poetry: The Sky Over Walgreens, Epiphany School, Résumé, Everywhere West, and The Dead Zoo (Bee Box Press, 2025). His poems have appeared in such publications as Poetry and The New York Times. He is a founding editor of Big Shoulders Books whose mission is to disseminate, free of charge, works of writing by and about Chicagoans whose voices might not otherwise be heard. He is also the founding editor of the annual anthology, DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing. Prof. Green has edited four anthologies, including I Remember: Chicago Veterans of War, American Gun: A Poem by 100 Chicagoans, and Chicago Mosaic: Immigrant Stories of Objects Kept, Lost, or Left Behind (Big Shoulders Books, 2023). More information can be found at www.chrissolisgreen.com.
Liam Heneghan is a professor of Environmental Science and Studies at DePaul. His research focuses on urban ecology, invasive species and the efficacy of ecological restoration. He is the author of Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children’s Literature (University of Chicago Press, 2018) and A Primer on Human Impacts on the Environment: The Conceptual Approach (John Wiley and Sons, 2023). He is a Dubliner, an occasional poet, a tin whistle player, and a father of two grown children to whom he read every night of their early years.