The Chicago Reader has created a monthly book club with 12 titles written by a diverse cohort of female-identifying Chicago authors. Each month, members will read and then join the conversation between the author and a Chicago Reader ambassador. Anyone is welcome to join for one month or more. Check it out below! https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/book-club-books-monthly-discussion-author-events/Content?oid=82449926
Category: Chicago Community Events
LGBTQ+ Studies & English Dept. Event TODAY: Reading & Conversation with Poet Danez Smith
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Recording of Visiting Writers Series ft. Two MAWP Alum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbChzHQWgfw
TEDxDePaulUniversity is back! Register today for the 2021 online event on Friday, May 21 at 11:30 a.m. CT
The DePaul community, friends and family are invited to register for this year’s TEDxDePaulUniversity free online event, “The Unexpected.” The event will take place on May 21 from 11:30-1pm CST. To learn more, visit the official DePaul University TEDx site here. About the 2021 speakers Six DePaul community members were selected to speak and explore the theme of…Continue reading TEDxDePaulUniversity is back! Register today for the 2021 online event on Friday, May 21 at 11:30 a.m. CT
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame: Fuller Award Ceremony
Register for the event here. Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer and artist whose work explores working class lives and landscapes. She will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award for lifetime achievement. As a Chicago native, Cisneros began her career with the 1980 publication of poetry chapbook Bad…Continue reading Chicago Literary Hall of Fame: Fuller Award Ceremony
DePaul’s Blue Book: Launch Event! February 19th
DePaul’s Blue Book is the latest imprint by DePaul University’s English Department, which fosters work in literature, creative writing, and publishing. There is a virtual launch of the anthology featuring seven of its writers on Friday, February 19th, 6:00-7:00 PM. Log in information below:
The Visiting Writers Series: Upcoming Event
In partnership with the History Department, The English Department Visiting Writers Series is hosting a remote event for the release of Professor Kathleen Rooney and Professor Miles Harvey’s books beginning at 6:00 pm on September 30: Historical Research in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Readings and Conversation with Kathleen Rooney and Miles Harvey. The conversation will be moderated by…Continue reading The Visiting Writers Series: Upcoming Event
At Home with Literati series: Professor Miles Harvey in Conversation with authors Donovan Hohn and Eileen Pollack.
Professor Miles Harvey will be discussing his new book, The King of Confidence, on June 3rd at 7 p.m. alongside authors Donovan Hohn and Eileen Pollack as part of the At Home with Literati Series with Literati Bookstore. Find more info about the At Home Literati series and the Zoom event here.
Congratulations to Alum: Matt Caracciolo
Congratulations to Matt Caracciolo, a 2012 DePaul MAWP program alum who published his first book this month: The Waygook Book: A Foreigner’s Guide to South Korea! From Monday Creek Publishing, The Waygook Book is a travelogue/memoir taking Matt from Chicago to teaching English in South Korea and back to his hometown of Columbus, OH. Join Matt at…Continue reading Congratulations to Alum: Matt Caracciolo
Queertopia 2020 Conference
Register for FREE (bit.ly/queertopia2020) for the 13th annual Queertopia conference, New Queer and Trans Politics?, on February 29 (Saturday) at Kresge Centennial Hall (Northwestern Evanston campus)! This year the conference features four student research panels, a keynote by Kim L Hunt, Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame Inductee and Executive Director of Pride Action Tank, and a…Continue reading Queertopia 2020 Conference
Printer’s Row Lit Fest 2020
Get excited, because DePaul English publications will be exhibiting again at the Printer’s Row Lit Fest this summer! Check out who all will be there! https://printersrowlitfest.org/