The Visiting Writers Program will be celebrating the release of MAWP graduate Jessica Chiarella’s debut novel And Again. Chiarella will be on campus to read and discuss her work. The event takes place on Tuesday, January 26 at 6:00 pm in Richardson Library Room 115. Chiarella is a Vernon Hills native who graduated from DePaul in 2014. Currently she is enrolled in…Continue reading Visiting Writers Program Welcomes MAWP Graduate Jessica Chiarella
Category: Alumni News
Alumna Spotlight: Amanda Licastro
Digital Scholar Amanda Licastro, MAE ’08, teases out insights from student course blogs, online academic genealogies, and Twitter. BY HANA YOO Amanda Licastro has more than 1,000 Twitter followers. One week, she recalls, her tweets garnered more than 29,000 views. Generally, her Twitter account averages a couple thousand views per week. “I joke that…Continue reading Alumna Spotlight: Amanda Licastro
DePaul Instructor David Welch and MAW Alumna Laura Wagner to Read at the Poetry Foundation Tuesday, May 19
Tuesday, May 19, 7 p.m. Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free Admission The Poetry Foundation‘s Open Door reading series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s writing programs. Each one-hour event features readings by two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and two of their current or recent students. May’s…Continue reading DePaul Instructor David Welch and MAW Alumna Laura Wagner to Read at the Poetry Foundation Tuesday, May 19
MAWP Alum Tim Hillegonds Published on Brevity’s Blog
DePaul alumnus Tim Hillegonds, MAWP ’14, penned a post for the Brevity blog called “Things I Can Say About MFA Writing Programs Because I’ve Never Been Accepted Into One.” Congratulations, Tim!
DePaul MAWP Alumni Publish Pieces in Bluestem, Slate
Congratulations to Tim Hillegonds, MAWP ’14, who placed his piece “Along the Front Range” in the March issue of Bluestem. Also, a belated congratulations to Chris Lites, MAWP ’12, who published a profile of science fiction writer William Gibson in Slate in December of 2014.
MAW Alum Brian South’s Self-Publishing Debut
Congratulations to MAW alumnus Brian South, a Naperville North High School English teacher whose self-published debut novel—The Zombie Sheriff Takes Tucson: A Love Story—will be available for purchase on Friday, February 20. See this Chicago Tribune story for more details.
Alumni Publications: Karin Vergoth
Early this month, MAW alum and Colorado-based freelancer Karin Vergoth penned an article for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association on the recovery of the ozone layer. Congratulations, Karin!
Alumni Updates: Adam Dick
Congratulations to alumnus Adam Dick! NightLights, an independent feature film he produced, enjoyed an initial weeklong run at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills and earned a positive review in the Los Angeles Times. These days, Adam is “generally working on writing scripts and getting films made.” He recently optioned a Holocaust survivor’s memoir and plans to develop it into a…Continue reading Alumni Updates: Adam Dick
Alumni Publications: Zhanna Slor
Congratulations to alumna Zhanna Slor! Slor’s work was published in the summer issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, and her group of essays—which appeared in the winter 2013 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review—recently received a notable mention in the The Best American Essays 2014.
Graduation Letters from the Program Directors
Letter from Acting Director of the MAWP, Ted Anton Dear MAWP-ers, Congratulations on a great year of work, of reading your peers and writing your own essays, poems, stories and novels. I’m sure everyone is looking forward to summer and an opportunity to relax and think about nothing, which I highly recommend. We have had…Continue reading Graduation Letters from the Program Directors
Alumni Jennifer Finstrom & David Mathews Published in After Hours
Alumni Jennifer Finstrom & David Mathews were recently published in After Hours a journal of Chicago writing and art. Here is what they have to say about their poems: Jennifer Finstrom My poem “Obituary” was accepted for publication in the forthcoming winter issue (#28) of After Hours. This poem is a part of a series…Continue reading Alumni Jennifer Finstrom & David Mathews Published in After Hours
E. Ce Miller Publishes in SIXFOLD
Alumnus E. Ce Miller Publishes Her Story A Shock to the System in SIXFOLD Fiction Ex Libris caught up with E. Ce Miller to congratulate her on her recent publication in SIXFOLD. She was kind enough to answer a few questions about her thrilling story A Shock to the System, her process, and how the…Continue reading E. Ce Miller Publishes in SIXFOLD