The Poetry Foundation continues there Open Door Reading Series this January with readings from DePaul’s MAWP Professor Chris Green and student Dylan Weir. The event takes place January 19th at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street. Admission is free and open to the public! The Open Door series presents work from…Continue reading The Open Door Readings with Chris Green and Dylan Weir
Category: Faculty News
Book Launch I’ll Tell You Mine featuring Michele Morano
The University of Chicago Press is hosting a book launch event for I’ll Tell You Mine: Thirty Years of Essays from the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program. The launch will feature DePaul’s MAWP professor Michele Morano as well as author and College of DuPage Professor Tom Fate – both contributors and alumni of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop Nonfiction…Continue reading Book Launch I’ll Tell You Mine featuring Michele Morano
Dr. Francesca Royster at the DWN Fall Faculty Forum
DePaul Women’s Network (DWN) is hosting their 2015 Fall Faculty Forum and English Department Chair Francesca Royster will be delivering the keynote address “Rejuvenate!:Eartha Kitt, Dance, and Life-writing as a form of Re-animation.” The event is Wednesday, October 14 from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Lincoln Park Student Center Room 324. Registration closes on October 12 and seats are…Continue reading Dr. Francesca Royster at the DWN Fall Faculty Forum
Kathleen Rooney at The Open Door Reading Series
DePaul MAWP professor Kathleen Rooney will be reading for the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Reading Series this October. The reading is Tuesday, October 20th at 7:00 pm at the Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street. The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long…Continue reading Kathleen Rooney at The Open Door Reading Series
Welcome from the New Director of the MA in English Richard Squibbs
Last Spring Quarter Prof. John Shanahan became the Associate Dean and Director of Liberal Studies leaving his position as Director of the MA in English. This Fall Prof. Richard Squibbs has officially assumed the position of Director of the MA in English and MAE program advisor. Prof. Squibbs’s teaching and scholarship range across the British and…Continue reading Welcome from the New Director of the MA in English Richard Squibbs
Sunday Salon Chicago Prose Reading with Professor Barrie Jean Borich!
This month DePaul’s own MAWP associate professor Barrie Jean Borich will be reading at Sunday Salon! Sunday Salon is a prose reading series hosted the last Sunday of every month that serves up the Windy City’s tastiest prose. This month Salon takes place September 27 at 7 PM at the Riverview Tavern, 1958 W. Roscoe Street in the Roscoe…Continue reading Sunday Salon Chicago Prose Reading with Professor Barrie Jean Borich!
Faculty Publications: “A Born-Again Faith in Graffiti”
Wilson Quarterly (May 25, 2015) “A born-again faith in graffiti” Congratulations to DePaul English professor Jonathan Gross, who published this piece about graffiti in Greece in the summer 2015 issue of the Wilson Quarterly.
DePaul in the News: “Lit 50 2015: Who Really Books in Chicago”
Newcity Lit (June 4, 2015) “Lit 50 2015: Who Really Books in Chicago” Newcity Lit, a Web site about Chicago’s culture of writing, just released this year’s Lit 50 list. The list of Chicago’s literary luminaries features DePaul associate professor and MAWP director Michele Morano (#28) and visiting assistant professor Kathleen Rooney (#37). Congratulations!
Write ON Chicago/HERE is WHERE on Sunday, June 7
DePaul assistant professor, Humanities Center 2014–2015 faculty fellow, and Slag Glass City editor Barrie Jean Borich will host Write ON Chicago/HERE is WHERE this Sunday, June 7, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Comfort Station in Logan Square (2579 North Milwaukee Avenue). The free pop-up event invites participants to document their Chicago-based memories by…Continue reading Write ON Chicago/HERE is WHERE on Sunday, June 7
Printers Row Lit Fest on June 6 and 7
The 31st annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the Midwest’s largest outdoor literary festival, will take place June 6–7, 2015, in the historic Printers Row district (at Dearborn Street, from Congress to Polk Streets) in the South Loop. Now in its thirtieth year, the fest will feature more than 200 booksellers from across the country and more than 200 authors participating in…Continue reading Printers Row Lit Fest on June 6 and 7
DePaul English Faculty to Lead Workshops at Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference
DePaul associate professor Miles Harvey and visiting assistant professor Kathleen Rooney will be leading writing workshops at the 2015 Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference, which will take place July 30–August 1. Writers can register here.