In the mood for a story about a scam artist posing as a man of God? Read the piece that novelist Karen Russell describes as “a mutant menagerie of literary fiction … an oasis for weirdness and wonder.” You can find The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material HERE on…Continue reading Check Out Miles Harvey’s The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material, a New Short Story Published in Conjunctions
Category: Faculty News
Tune in to Watch Francesca Royster in Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Friday, February 17, 2023 – 7:30pm to 8:30pm
This is a virtual event hosted on crowdcast. Charis welcomes Francesca Royster in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs for a discussion of Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance. A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicago’s North and South Sides. Follow the link for more info.…Continue reading Tune in to Watch Francesca Royster in Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Friday, February 17, 2023 – 7:30pm to 8:30pm
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
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!
Big Shoulders Books Featured in Chicago Tribune!
Check out this fantastic write-up about our Big Shoulders Books and the faculty that make it happen! DePaul project publishes Chicago stories, Studs Terkel style (chicagotribune.com)
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
Professor Kathleen Rooney’s Newest Poetry Collection
Open this post for more information about Kathleen Rooney’s newest Poetry Collection, including links and blurbs.