Join us Friday, May 16, for the English Department’s biggest event of the year—our Spring English Conference & Celebration! In addition to presentations from Literary Studies and Creative Writing student panelists, this event will also feature a networking opportunity and career discussion with DePaul English alumni, work from MFA students, and an awards ceremony where…Continue reading NOW ANNOUNCING: 2025 Spring English Conference Schedule of Events!
Category: Alumni News
Nico Lang Reading Tonight + Announcing Our Alumni Panelists for May 16!
Good afternoon, everyone! First, we’d like to remind everyone that our next Visiting Author event, with Nico Lang, will be held tonight from 6:00 to 7:30 PM in SAC 154. (This reading is open to the public; snacks will also be provided!) Nico will give a reading and talk on their recent book, American Teenager.…Continue reading Nico Lang Reading Tonight + Announcing Our Alumni Panelists for May 16!
Upcoming Visiting Author Event: Nico Lang (April 23)
Good afternoon, everyone—and happy first day of spring! For our next Visiting Author event, join us in welcoming Nico Lang back to campus for a reading and talk on their recent book, American Teenager! In addition to being an award-winning author, reporter, and editor, Nico is also one of our DePaul alumni. This reading is…Continue reading Upcoming Visiting Author Event: Nico Lang (April 23)
Submit Your Work to DePaul’s 16th Annual Spring English Conference for Our 2025 Spring Conference & Celebration!
We frequently keep you updated on calls for submissions from other journals and institutions; but today, we’re very excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions to the English department’s very own Spring English Conference! This year, the Spring Conference will be held in conjunction with the annual MFA reading and the English awards…Continue reading Submit Your Work to DePaul’s 16th Annual Spring English Conference for Our 2025 Spring Conference & Celebration!
An Interview with Anna Sortino, Author of “Give Me a Sign”
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”
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