Recently, I had the chance to chat with Anna Sortino, a DePaul MAWP alumni whose first novel, Give Me a Sign, is being published at Penguin Random House. Anna shared some insights on graduating, shed some light on her process, and expressed what it was like representing Deaf culture. Give Me a Sign comes out…Continue reading An Interview with Anna Sortino, Author of “Give Me a Sign”
Category: Alumni News
Congrats To DePaul Alumni Erika J. Simpson Whose Essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” Has Been Featured In Best American Essays 2022
Erika was the very first student to work on a Big Shoulders Books project – before BSB even existed, in fact. After DePaul, she graduated with an MFA in African-American speculative fiction from University of Kentucky. Her award winning essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” has earned her a book deal with Scribner and will…Continue reading Congrats To DePaul Alumni Erika J. Simpson Whose Essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” Has Been Featured In Best American Essays 2022
Upcoming Book by DePaul Alum, Zhanna Slor: Breakfall
Author of At The End of the World, Turn Left, Zhanna Slor’s upcoming book Breakfall is a domestic thriller about a young mother, fresh off a divorce, whose sultry affair with a married police officer leads to a scandal, but when people at her Jiu Jitsu gym start dying and disappearing, the only connection is…Continue reading Upcoming Book by DePaul Alum, Zhanna Slor: Breakfall
New Podcast: DePaul Alum Interviews Professionals with Liberal Arts Advanced Degrees Working Outside Their Fields of Study.
MAWP alum Jesse Butts has started a podcast, The Work Seminar, devoted to liberal arts advanced degree holders considering work outside their fields of study.
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A DePaul Alum Wrote a Book! Read Kathleen Rooney’s Interview with Logan Berry
https://brooklynrail.org/2021/11/books/Logan-Berry-with-Kathleen-Rooney
Upcoming Event with Sesali Bowen, DePaul Alum & Writer
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-sesali-bowen-tickets-168638453153?aff=ebdssbeac
Save the Date! The Memory Effects of Repertory Theater from Shakespeare to Today
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/your-brain-on-rep-a-seminar-with-dr-elizabeth-tavares-tickets-172338648537
Save the Date: Speaker Series Fall Installment
Dr. Tavares is Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama and at work on a book project on the repertory system in early modern theater.
Alum Book Review! At the End of the World, Turn Left by Zhanna Slor
A DePaul MAWP alum wrote a book! And it comes out this month! Wow, we are so thrilled to celebrate Zhanna Slor and her debut novel, At the End of the World, Turn Left. Read the full review here.
Love Talks Event Live Recording
In case you missed out on the Love Talks Event, we have the livestream recorded below! Open this post to watch the video. Be sure to check out Professor Michele Morano’s book, Like Love and Destiny O. Birdsong’s book, Negotiations
Shoutout to Fruit Bat — A Press Started and Led by DePaul Alum!
Fruit Bat is a Chapbook Press co-based in Chicago and Los Angeles, started by two DePaul alum and previous roommates. As posted on their About Page, they publish work that “embraces foraging: an unusual collection of ideas from a diverse set of perspectives with a basket of different emotions.” They will release their first three…Continue reading Shoutout to Fruit Bat — A Press Started and Led by DePaul Alum!