Category: Department News
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
Congrats To DePaul Alumni Erika J. Simpson Whose Essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” Has Been Featured In Best American Essays 2022
Erika was the very first student to work on a Big Shoulders Books project – before BSB even existed, in fact. After DePaul, she graduated with an MFA in African-American speculative fiction from University of Kentucky. Her award winning essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” has earned her a book deal with Scribner and will…Continue reading Congrats To DePaul Alumni Erika J. Simpson Whose Essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” Has Been Featured In Best American Essays 2022
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!
Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!
And look out for the winning piece, “We Moved Out of the Projects and into a Home”, to be featured in SRPR’s Winter issue! Check out the full announcement at SRPR: Contest. Meghan Malachi, our first-place winner, will receive $1000, an introduction written by Ashley M. Jones, and an invitation to read at SRPR’s annual…Continue reading Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!
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