Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Thursday February 13th! Join poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib in conversation with Dr. Francesca Royster and Nina Wilson in Student Center 314 from 6:00-7:30pm. Interested in reading some of Hanif’s work before he visits? Check out his website!
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Visiting Writers Series: An Evening with Hanif Abdurraqib
On Thursday February 13th, join Hanif Abdurraqib in conversations with Dr. Francesca Royster and Nina Wilson in Student Center 314. Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio and will be signing books. Mark the event on your calendars! Read more about Abdurraqib on his website and on his Twitter. EVENT DATE AND TIME: February…Continue reading Visiting Writers Series: An Evening with Hanif Abdurraqib
Upcoming Events: ‘Responding To A Slow-Motion Emergency: Communicating Climate Change’
TONIGHT – How do you talk about a problem that’s too big to see? How do you demand action when it’s easier to delay? How does art speak in response to science? Come watch a wide-ranging group of artists and professors discuss these questions and more. From DePaul University and the School of the Art…Continue reading Upcoming Events: ‘Responding To A Slow-Motion Emergency: Communicating Climate Change’
Upcoming Events: Winter MAWP Director Pitch Meeting
Writing and Publishing students: Rebecca Johns Trissler, director of MFA/MA in Creative Writing and Publishing, is planning on holding another pitch meeting for anyone who wants to talk about 1) pitching their work for publication; or 2) pitching themselves for jobs in publishing or higher education. This quarter the meeting will be at noon on Friday, February…Continue reading Upcoming Events: Winter MAWP Director Pitch Meeting
Welcoming Erika Sánchez!
TONIGHT – Please join the department of Latin American and Latino Studies in welcoming Erika L. Sánchez, the new Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Chair in Latin American and Latino Studies! Erika will be teaching some of her courses in English, including a graduate workshop in YA Lit this winter. Event date:…Continue reading Welcoming Erika Sánchez!
Upcoming Event: What Can We Do About Climate Change?
On October 30, join the English Department as we host our first event of the year in partnership with One Book, One Chicago. This year’s One Book selection is Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, and our first panel discussion will focus on solutions to human-caused climate change. “What Can We Do About Climate Change?” will…Continue reading Upcoming Event: What Can We Do About Climate Change?
Visiting Writers Series: Poets Richard Jones and Chris Green
Join two of our very own DePaul English professors, Richard Jones and Chris Green, on Monday, November 4 at 6pm in Arts & Letters 414 for a reading and conversation! Read more about Richard Jones’s poetry collection Strangers on Earth here and here. Read more about Chris Green’s poetry collection Everywhere West here and here.
Career Panel: Editing
Want to know what it’s like to be a working editor? Come and listen to professional editors Donna Seaman, Todd Stocke, and Marcy Posner discuss their careers and offer job advice on Tuesday, October 15 from 6:30-7:30pm in Arts & Letters room 306. There will be snacks and drinks!
Visiting Author Series: Tim Hillegonds Pre-Event Conversation
TONIGHT – Join Tim Hillegonds on-campus as he reads and discusses his new memoir, The Distance Between. Don’t forget to take advantage of the opportunity to talk with the alum about life after DePaul, publishing your first book, writing tips, and more in the library’s Rosati Room prior to the reading event! Tim Hillegonds…Continue reading Visiting Author Series: Tim Hillegonds Pre-Event Conversation
Visiting Speaker Series: Dorothy Kim
Join Dorothy Kim on October 1st as she discusses Critical Race Studies & the Middle Ages. Dorothy Kim is Assistant Professor of English at Brandeis University where she teaches Medieval Literature. Her research focuses on race, gender, Jewish/Christian difference, the digital humanities, and the disciplinary history of medievalism. If interested, please email depaulenglishspeakers@gmail.com to save…Continue reading Visiting Speaker Series: Dorothy Kim
Visiting Author Series: Tim Hillegonds
Join Tim Hillegonds on September 26th as he reads and discusses his new memoir at DePaul. Before the reading, also take advantage of the opportunity to talk with the DePaul alum about life after DePaul, publishing your first book, writing tips, and more in the library’s Rosati Room. The Distance Between chronicles how Hillegonds’s plan to leave his…Continue reading Visiting Author Series: Tim Hillegonds
Crook & Folly Launch Party
The launch party for Crook & Folly’s 39th edition will be Wednesday, May 22 from 4:30-6:30pm at the DePaul Art Museum. See flyer for more details.