[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Top Ten Reasons You Should Take the Spring 2014 Literary Magazine Glass. Because you’ll have a chance to read and talk about the work journals are publishing right now, written by both big names and authors you haven’t heard of yet. Because you’ll have the chance to read and talk about work…Continue reading Why Should YOU Take the Spring 2014 Literary Magazine Class?
Category: Faculty News
Prof. Kathleen Rooney to Read at Poetry Foundation
Prof. Rooney Reads at the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Series The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long reading features two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and two of their current or recent students. Kathleen Rooney is a founding editor…Continue reading Prof. Kathleen Rooney to Read at Poetry Foundation
Prof. Shanahan and GA Josh Fisher Presenting at DHCS 2013
The Department of English Digital Humanists Will Present at the Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science The 8th Annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science will take place December 5-7, 2013, on the Lincoln Park Campus of DePaul University. The conference will consist of a plenary address by a significant Digital Humanist,…Continue reading Prof. Shanahan and GA Josh Fisher Presenting at DHCS 2013
Catch Prof. Miles Harvey and Student Lisa Applegate on FOX32
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How Long Will I Cry Book Launch Party
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY’S ENGLISH DEPARTMENT INVITES YOU TO THE LAUNCH OF THE FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED BY Join us for beverages, hors d’oeuvres, selected readings and conversations with the many contributors who made this book possible. rsvp by 11/12/13 HERE 7:00 – 10:00 pm THEATRE SCHOOL at DEPAUL UNIVERSITY 2350 N Racine Ave Chicago,…Continue reading How Long Will I Cry Book Launch Party
Prof. Mark Turcotte and M. Quinn Stifler To Perform at Poetry Foundation
Introducing The Open Door: The Chicago Writing Program Reading Series The Poetry Foundation Inaugurates a New Event Series The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, inaugurates its new monthly writing program reading series, The Open Door, on Tues., Nov. 19 at 7 pm. The new series celebrates the teacher/student dynamic and is named after Harriet…Continue reading Prof. Mark Turcotte and M. Quinn Stifler To Perform at Poetry Foundation
Prof. Ted Anton to Speak at the National Hellenic Museum
In Chicago, on Thursday Oct. 24, at 6:30 pm, Professor Ted Anton will speak about the latest discoveries in longevity research at the National Hellenic Museum at 333 North Halsted. Food and drink in a beautiful venue, all invited. If you’re planning to come, let Prof. Anton know and he’ll put you on the guest…Continue reading Prof. Ted Anton to Speak at the National Hellenic Museum
Lighting the Fuse
At the beginning of ever year a very long fuse is lit. The sparks fly as the fuse curves around piles of books, continuing to smolder through vacation, and then onward to the end of the year. What happens at the end of the fuse, when the sparks reach the payload, is up to you.…Continue reading Lighting the Fuse
Three Fast Approaching Deadlines
Today’s news flits by in three tight paragraphs packed to the brim with important dates. Don’t let the deadlines sneak by without marking your calendar. MAE Capstone and Thesis Information Session Students in the MAE program who will be presenting a capstone or thesis must attend an information session on September 21st from 10:00 to…Continue reading Three Fast Approaching Deadlines
September Opens with New Opportunities
Fall’s cool weather unceremoniously swept onto campus today, bringing with it the first tantalizing scents of the season. It’s the kind of sensual blend your cup of coffee never manages to encapsulate. However, that’s okay: Starbucks has nothing on autumn’s crisp mornings. New Faculty Ex Libris is happy to welcome new faculty to the English…Continue reading September Opens with New Opportunities
September’s Freshly Pressed News
Professors in the Department of English have been busy this summer. They’ve been writing, publishing, attending conferences, and of course, relaxing. Now the school year is upon us, and the work of summer falls like leaves into the hands of new readers, students, and peers. Published Work Congratulations are in order for Professors Hannah Pittard…Continue reading September’s Freshly Pressed News
Faculty News & Newcity’s Summer Guide
In Faculty News: Please join the English Department in congratulating Kathleen Rooney for being named 2013 winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for Poetry for her novel-in-poems Robinson Alone (Gold Wake Press, 2012). A review in Booklist noted the following of Robinson Alone: “Rooney’s syncopated wordplay, supple musicality, and cinematic descriptions subtly embody… Robinson’s sardonic…Continue reading Faculty News & Newcity’s Summer Guide