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Find out the latest accomplishments from alumni, students, and staff! This who DePaul is most excited about!
Check Out Prof. Barrie Borich’s New Essay, The Everyday Invisible, Published In Conjunctions
You can read an excerpt of the essay here, and find the full piece in fall 2022 issue, Conjunctions:79, Onword. Conjunctions is a biannual literary anthology published by Bard College.
Don’t Miss The Launch Of Francesca’s New Book, Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance, At Women And Children First Bookstore, February 9
To rsvp, click here Women & Children First is located in Andersonville at 5233 N Clark St
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
Check Out The New Publisher’s Weekly Piece And It’s Terrfic Plug For Francesca Royster’s Upcoming Book, Choosing Family
Follow this link to read the article! Professor Royster’s Choosing Family will be out early February!
A Huge Congratulations To Megan Heffernan!
Megan Heffernan has been awarded a fellowship from Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study for 2023-2024 to work on her next book, Resilient Books: Archival Science in an Age of Precarity. The Institute’s research theme for next year is “The Long Run,” and it’s described this way: “Practical decision-making, ethical evaluation, scientific modeling, and cultural meaning-making all…Continue reading A Huge Congratulations To Megan Heffernan!
Check Out Miles Harvey’s ‘Beachcombers In Doggerland’ A New Short Story Published By The Sun Magazine
Read ‘Beachcombers In Doggerland’ here!
Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!
And look out for the winning piece, “We Moved Out of the Projects and into a Home”, to be featured in SRPR’s Winter issue! Check out the full announcement at SRPR: Contest. Meghan Malachi, our first-place winner, will receive $1000, an introduction written by Ashley M. Jones, and an invitation to read at SRPR’s annual…Continue reading Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!
Check out John Domini’s Review of Kathleen Rooney’s New Poetry Collection, “Where Are the Snows”
Read it in The Brooklyn Rail! https://t.co/EY6YziF44v
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
Professor Kathleen Rooney’s Newest Poetry Collection
Open this post for more information about Kathleen Rooney’s newest Poetry Collection, including links and blurbs.