Flipping the Script: An MAE Student’s Experiment in Creative Writing Fellow MAE students, picture this: your reading list for class is just one book. For the entire quarter, one 250 page book. Sure, there are a few supplemental readings thrown in, but those are only “if you have time this week.” Otherwise, for the next…Continue reading Critic Becomes Creator in Marcus Emanuel’s Autumn Quarter Reflection
Category: Columns
New Column! The Third Coast: Contemporary Contexts with Zac Thriffiley
As the Chicago Public Library’s One Book, One Chicago (OBOC) program kicks off this month with a series of events related to Thomas Dyja’s The Third Coast, this column seeks to find out what it is exactly that makes Chicago “the city that gives.” Using a critical lens of the city’s tumultuous past and its uncertain…Continue reading New Column! The Third Coast: Contemporary Contexts with Zac Thriffiley
Ex Libris’s Matt Adams Interviews DePaul Alumni Kristen FitzPatrick
Author and DePaul alumni Kristin FitzPatrick’s debut novel, My Pulse is an Earthquake hit bookshelves in September. The book is a collection of short stories revolving around the themes of loss, grief, heartache and, ultimately, redemption. Ex Libris’s Mathew Adams was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to read Kristin’s book and talk with her about writing…Continue reading Ex Libris’s Matt Adams Interviews DePaul Alumni Kristen FitzPatrick