Voting is open for the Chicago Reader’s annual Best of Chicago awards and DePaul’s own Kathleen Rooney has been nominated for the category of Best Novelist! Kathleen has been making waves and garnering well deserved accolades with her new novel, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk. An urban love-letter and deftly crafted portrait of a powerful woman, Lillian Boxfish has…Continue reading Kathleen Rooney Candidate for Reader’s Best Novelist! And Alison Ogunmokun Candidate for Best Poet!
Category: Department News
Reminder, Friday is the Year-End Celebration!
Join the English Department in celebrating our graduating students and honoring Francesca Royster for her amazing leadership as chair since 2015! The event takes place Friday, June 2nd from 3:00-5:00 pm in A&L 2nd Floor Atrium.
MAE Mihaela Stoica Presenting at 2017 SFRA Conference
Congratulations to MAE Mihaela Stoica who will be presenting a paper on ambivalent masculinity in James Tiptree, Jr’s novella “Huston, Houston, Do You Read?” at the 2017 Science Fiction Research Association annual conference. The five day conference hosted by the University of California at Riverside takes place from June 27 to July 1 with the theme…Continue reading MAE Mihaela Stoica Presenting at 2017 SFRA Conference
A Few End of the Year Congratulations are in Order
As the quarter inches closer to summer break, Ex Libris would like to update folks on a few awesome accomplishments from the last few weeks. First, a kudos to Dave Welch who will be spending part of his summer at the Sewanee Writer’s Conference, and will have his tuition paid as their Tennessee Williams Scholar.…Continue reading A Few End of the Year Congratulations are in Order
Crook & Folly Launch, May 25
The launch for Crook & Folly’s 37th edition will be Thursday, May 25! The event will celebrate the latest release of DePaul’s award winning journal of art and literature. The event takes place from 5:00-7:00 pm on Arts & Letters Third Floor Atrium. It will include a reading form the new edition, as well as food…Continue reading Crook & Folly Launch, May 25
End of the Year Celebration!
Join the English Department in celebrating our graduating students and honoring Francesca Royster for her amazing leadership as char since 2015! The event takes place Friday, June 2nd from 3:00-5:00 pm in A&L 2nd Floor Atrium.
American Writers Museum Opens this Month!
One the first museum’s dedicated explicitly to celebrating the work, lives, and legacies of American writers will be opening in Chicago this month! The American Writers Museum will open to the public on May 18. The modern museum features not only some rare literary items – including Jack Kerouac’s On the Road scroll – but also…Continue reading American Writers Museum Opens this Month!
Two Spring Quarter Congratulations
Ex Libris would like to extend congratulations to two professors with exciting news this Spring Quarter. First off, a huge congrats and a best wishes to adjunct faculty member Chris Eagle! Chris has accepted a full-time position as a Senior Lecturer in the Medical Humanities at Emory University’s Center for the Study of Human Health. For…Continue reading Two Spring Quarter Congratulations
The 7th Annual Spring English Conference, Friday!
This Friday, April 28, 2017 the DePaul English Department invites you to attend our eighth annual student-run conference from 10:00 am – 4:30 pm in Arts and Letters Hall! The Spring English Conference is an annual daylong event in which DePaul English undergraduate and graduate students showcase their academic and creative work from the previous…Continue reading The 7th Annual Spring English Conference, Friday!
Monday: Poetry East Release Party
The award-winning poetry journal ran by DePaul creative writing faculty, staff, and students is hosting a release party for their special issue Food next Monday! The event takes place 6-7:30 in the Richardson library Room 115. See the flyer above for details.
Crook & Folly Editor Positions Now Open!
The always wonderful DePaul student-run art and literary journal, Crook & Folly is currently seeking to fill their two positions for 2018 Editors-in-Chief. Editing the journal is a unique and invaluable position in the department, students are highly encouraged to apply! See the official announcement below. Crook & Folly, DePaul University’s award-winning, all-student, journal of literature…Continue reading Crook & Folly Editor Positions Now Open!
Spring Conference Deadline Extended to Friday!
Submissions to the Spring English Conference will now be accepted until this Friday, April 7! Send submissions to englishconference.dpu@gmail.com. Details here.