Today marks the beginning of a new academic year here in the DePaul English Graduate Programs. To start off this new year, we bring our readers a welcome message from Prof. John Shanahan, director of the M.A. in English, and Prof. Michele Morano, director if the M.A. in Writing and Publishing: On behalf of the…Continue reading Fall 2012 Welcome Message
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DePaul SWS Looking for New Hosts!
Don’t forget– TOMORROW May 25th, is the Threshold Release Party from 3:00-6:00PM at DePaul Art Museum on the 2nd Floor. Pick up a free issue of the magazine and grab some refreshments as you listen to Threshold’s exceptional authors read from their work. *** Among those who will be graduating from the DePaul English Graduate…Continue reading DePaul SWS Looking for New Hosts!
Watch and Listen: Three Recommended Links
While everyone is busy with the mid-quarter workload and getting ready for registration or Commencement, allow us to recommend a few links to DePaul/literature/writing-related content around the web. Enjoy! *** Two weeks ago, DePaul University welcomed five University of Alabama poets to campus as part of an exchange program between DePaul and the University of…Continue reading Watch and Listen: Three Recommended Links
Literary Agent at Northwestern and Irish Newspaper Archives at Depaul Libraries
Don’t forget: registration for summer and fall classes opens next week! Check Campus Connect for your registration time, and check the “Classes” section of Ex Libris over the next few days as more professors send in their course descriptions. *** TONIGHT, April 26th at 7 p.m., Northwestern University in Evanston, IL is hosting Literary Agent…Continue reading Literary Agent at Northwestern and Irish Newspaper Archives at Depaul Libraries
Donate Your Old Computer and Attend a Student Poetry Reading
Do you have an old computer lying around and don’t know what to do with it? Then you should consider donating it to a local nonprofit. DePaul’s University Center for Writing-based Learning is collecting old and less-than-perfect computers on behalf of Mujeres Latinas en Accion (Latina Women in Action), a nonprofit that can put any…Continue reading Donate Your Old Computer and Attend a Student Poetry Reading
AWP- A Community of Writers: Guest Post by Shane Zimmer
Haven’t had enough of the 2012 AWP Conference in Chicago yet? Neither have we! Following Jacqueline Maggio’s guest post on Tuesday, today we have another slightly different take on last week’s four-day writing conference from MAWP student Shane Zimmer. Thanks, Shane, for sharing your AWP reflections with Ex Libris readers. I heard a lot of…Continue reading AWP- A Community of Writers: Guest Post by Shane Zimmer
On the AWP Conference: Guest Post by Jacqueline Maggio
If you didn’t attend the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference this weekend, you may be wondering what all the fuss was about. If you were there, you may be wishing you could re-live it…without the crowds. Fortunately for all of us, Jacqueline Maggio has written a reflection on her AWP experience and is…Continue reading On the AWP Conference: Guest Post by Jacqueline Maggio
Lessons from Chicago Women in Publishing: Guest Post by Rhiannon Falzone
Last week, a few lucky women from the MAWP program got to attend an event offered by Chicago Women in Publishing. Among them was Rhiannon Falzone, who was generous enough to write about what she learned at the event and share it with the rest of us in a very detailed guest post. You can…Continue reading Lessons from Chicago Women in Publishing: Guest Post by Rhiannon Falzone
Welcome to the World of Publishing: Guest Post by Zhanna Vaynberg
Today we bring you a very special guest post from Zhanna Vaynberg, a second-year M.A.W.P. student. You may recognize Zhanna’s name from several Student News spots on Ex Libris because she’s gotten a few pieces published this past year. Now she’s here to tell us what she’s learned from these first forays into the wide…Continue reading Welcome to the World of Publishing: Guest Post by Zhanna Vaynberg
Visit the Student Resource Room in Arts & Letters Hall
By now most of us current students probably (hopefully) know a bit about Arts & Letters Hall– at least how to find our classrooms and professors’ offices. But did you know that the English Department has our very own private Student Resource Room in the second-floor English suite? Here’s what you need to know: The…Continue reading Visit the Student Resource Room in Arts & Letters Hall
Spotlight on: The Guild Literary Complex
Andrea Pelose is a second-year MAWP student and Marketing Director for the Guild Literary Complex, among other things. In today’s guest post, Andrea shares her experiences in the Guild Complex with us and explains how (and why!) to get involved. As grad students, we’ve mastered the art of busy. We have workshop pieces to write,…Continue reading Spotlight on: The Guild Literary Complex
Goodbye McGaw, Hello Winter Break!
Current MAE and MAWP students, congratulate yourselves on another quarter finished! Special congratulations to all of you who are graduating, and best of luck on your next adventures. As most Ex Libris readers probably already know, the end of the Fall 2011 quarter also marks the end of the English Department’s residence in McGaw Hall.…Continue reading Goodbye McGaw, Hello Winter Break!