Here are some of our MAE and MAWP students that are soon to graduate or have already graduated! To receive a student spotlight, please send your information to the Ex Libris editor, Camila Restrepo crestre4@depaul.edu or the Assistant Director of Graduate Programs, Meredith Ferrill mferrill@depaul.edu *If there is an error in your entry, (pronouns, spelling,…Continue reading Recent Alumni and Upcoming Graduates Spotlight!
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Crook & Folly Editors Application Deadline is Friday May 17th
Crook & Folly, DePaul University’s award-winning, all-student, journal of literature and art, seeks applications from graduate and undergraduate students for two challenging and exciting volunteer positions as 2019 Editors-in-Chief. The new editors will begin work planning for the new year late this Spring 2018 and will hire their section editors during Fall quarter 2018. Editors-In-Chief must…Continue reading Crook & Folly Editors Application Deadline is Friday May 17th
Sculpt Yourself Launch Party!
Savy Leiser, a second-year grad student in the MAWP program, recently had her novel, Sculpt Yourself, come out through a new startup! Come celebrate Savy at the launch party for the novel on January 25, from 6pm-8pm at DePaul in the Women’s Center: SAC 150! For more information, visit the Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/352769008869554/…Continue reading Sculpt Yourself Launch Party!
Congratulations to MAWP Alumnus Matthew Caracciolo!
Matthew Caracciolo’s debut book THE WAYGOOK BOOK: A FOREIGNER’S GUIDE TO SOUTH KOREA will launch on December 4th! To read the prologue, visit https://matthewcaracciolo.com/. Congratulations, Matthew! The department is proud of you.
Student Spotlight: Savy Leiser
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT! Get to know MAWP candidate: Savy Leiser! 1. What program are you in, and how did you choose DePaul? I am in the MAWP program! MAWP is the only program I’ve found that combines all of my passions: creative writing, editing, teaching, and journalism. It was also important to go to a school…Continue reading Student Spotlight: Savy Leiser
Check out the Slag Glass City Newsletter!
In the Slag Glass City it’s COOLER by the LAKE! We invite you all to have a look at the new newsletter from our journal of the urban essay arts. Students who would like the opportunity to work on this DePaul-made magazine, and learn more about the history and practice of literary journals, should consider enrolling in…Continue reading Check out the Slag Glass City Newsletter!
Alumni Spotlight!
June 2018 MAWP grad Cynthia Nwakudu is a finalist for the 2018 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award! The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) is an annual poetry competition founded by Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000). The competition culminates in a live semi-finals event at which the top contestants selected by guest judges perform…Continue reading Alumni Spotlight!
Alumni Spotlight!
Here are some of our MAE and MAWP students that are soon to graduate or have already graduated! To receive a student spotlight, please send your information to the Ex-Libris editor, Camila Restrepo crestre4@depaul.edu. Courtney Aubrecht will be graduating this summer with her MAWP degree! After graduation she plans to focus more on writing and…Continue reading Alumni Spotlight!
English Department End-of-the-Year Celebration!
The English Department will be hosting our annual End-of-the-Year Celebration on Friday, June 1st from 3:00-5:00 pm. We would love to celebrate with you! The celebration will held in the second-floor atrium of Arts & Letters Hall. We will have a short program honoring our outstanding students and this year’s graduates. Please come and join…Continue reading English Department End-of-the-Year Celebration!
Congratulations to Kathleen Rooney!
Congrats to Kathleen Rooney on her new book, The Listening Room! The Listening Room by Kathleen Rooney is a novel in flash fictions that looks at the paintings and life of the Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte from the perspectives of his wife Georgette and their shared series of beloved Pomeranian dogs, all called Loulou. The hybrid…Continue reading Congratulations to Kathleen Rooney!
Spring Quarter ’18 Capstone Portfolio
Who Needs to Register: Current MAE students who have completed their course requirements and current MAE students who will complete their course requirements in Spring ‘18. The deadline for applying for Spring ‘18 Degree Conferral was Thursday, February 1, 2018. Registration for Final Requirement: If you plan on submitting your Portfolio or your Thesis…Continue reading Spring Quarter ’18 Capstone Portfolio