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)
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Irish Lit. Event TONIGHT w/ Former Irish President Mary Robinson + Last Call for Submissions to Ninth Letter & Peatsmoke Journal
Happy Friday, everyone! This is your reminder that today is the last day of the month. . . and that submissions to two of the journals on our list—Ninth Letter and Peatsmoke—will be closing tonight at 11:59 PM. (Click here for details.) We’d also like to highlight an exciting event for this evening: Mary Robinson,…Continue reading Irish Lit. Event TONIGHT w/ Former Irish President Mary Robinson + Last Call for Submissions to Ninth Letter & Peatsmoke Journal
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!
Week 10 Events & Deadlines: One Book, One Chicago + MMLA + Application Reminders!
Happy Week 10, everyone! Scroll down for a few reminders of upcoming events and deadlines for the week ahead (including our One Book, One Chicago announcement for Gabrielle Zevin’s author visit). [The dates to mark down are this Wednesday (13th), this Friday (15th), and this Saturday (16th)!] 1. One Book, One Chicago’s banned book: Tomorrow…Continue reading Week 10 Events & Deadlines: One Book, One Chicago + MMLA + Application Reminders!
“LatinXAmerican” Art Exhibit Opens Today, Jan. 7
The new exhibit, “LatinXAmerican,” opens online Jan. 7th. The collection features 38 Latinx artists and can be viewed on DePaul Art Museum’s website here: https://resources.depaul.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/Pages/latinx-american.aspx
Banned Books Week
“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading” — Isaac Asimov We’re celebrating Banned Books Week! This week recalls the value of free and open access to information. Check out DePaul’s upcoming events, and exercise your freedom to read!
The Visiting Writers Series: Upcoming Event
In partnership with the History Department, The English Department Visiting Writers Series is hosting a remote event for the release of Professor Kathleen Rooney and Professor Miles Harvey’s books beginning at 6:00 pm on September 30: Historical Research in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Readings and Conversation with Kathleen Rooney and Miles Harvey. The conversation will be moderated by…Continue reading The Visiting Writers Series: Upcoming Event
Deadline Extended: Study Abroad in London and Dublin
The London and Dublin: Travel, Heritage, and History program during December Intersession examines the heritage, public history and travel narratives of both cities. These two cities are irrevocably entwined historically, in material culture and in public memory. This continued connection can still be seen today in the difficulty of constructing BREXIT and the ongoing connections between…Continue reading Deadline Extended: Study Abroad in London and Dublin
The First Issue of Tellus is Now Live!
TellUs, the multilingual and multicultural e-magazine from the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR), a program within the University Center for Writing-based Learning, is now LIVE. Find their first issue here.
Congrats to Christopher Watkins!
Congrats to DePaul English Graduate student Christopher Watkins on publishing his poem “After Hiding a Half-Emptied Bottle of Popov in My Sock Drawer and Blacking Out” in Foundry Journal! Read Chris’s full poem here.