The English Department seeks nominations for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement. This award is named for a family whose support of our own Big Shoulders Books makes possible the publication of socially conscious literature by and about Chicagoans. In the spirit of this generosity, we would like to honor the great work our students do in their communities.…Continue reading Nominate a Fellow Student for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement
Artists’ Residency Opportunity with Writers, Visual Artists, Faculty, Advanced Students, Curators, Gallerists, & Other Creatives – Taleamor Park
Taleamor Park offers self-directed residencies for artists and writers in all media who seek a restorative and productive countryside interlude of two weeks or more. Located near Lake Michigan 60 miles east of Chicago, Taleamor Park affords trails, woods, pollinator habitats, and ponds within a working grain and farm. Restored vintage barns and outbuildings offer private, spacious, and well-lit studio spaces that…Continue reading Artists’ Residency Opportunity with Writers, Visual Artists, Faculty, Advanced Students, Curators, Gallerists, & Other Creatives – Taleamor Park
Updated AQ’23 Course Descriptions!
Check the Classes tab in the menu for updated descriptions of the August ’23 course selection, or click HERE
Prof. Sarah Fay’s New Memoir “Cured” is now Available on Substack
You can get the exclusive publication of Sarah Fay’s ‘Cured: The Memoir’—plus resources, interviews, and other stories of mental health recovery— Here
Congrats Prof. Miles Harvey! His “The Man Who Slept With Eudora Welty” will be Published in the Spring Issue of Ploughshares!
You can order a copy of the Spring ’23 issue Here
Congratulations to Prof. Barrie Borich–Recipient of the HumanitiesX Fellowship!
Barrie Jean Borich and Heather Montes-Ireland (WGS) have been awarded a HumanitiesX fellowship for next academic year. This marks the third year (out of three) that English faculty have landed this fellowship. Chris Green was the first, then Miles Harvey, and now Barrie Borich!
(Tentative) Autumn 2023 Courses Have Been Posted
Course Carts are open. As always, course schedules will be updated and posted under the Classes menu tab on the front page of Ex Libris.
Latinx Studies Programs in the Midwest: Diálogo’s 25th Anniversary Symposium
Click HERE to register
Call for Submissions: The Orange Couch
The Writing Center’s digital literary magazine, The Orange Couch, is accepting submissions for their 4th issue. The magazine is revision-based and requires the writer to receive feedback either through a writing center appointment (we offer three modalities) or through either Writers Guild or the Latinx Writing Group (the Writing Center’s creative writing groups). Deadline is Tuesday, May 2nd,…Continue reading Call for Submissions: The Orange Couch
An Interview with Anna Sortino, Author of “Give Me a Sign”
Recently, I had the chance to chat with Anna Sortino, a DePaul MAWP alumni whose first novel, Give Me a Sign, is being published at Penguin Random House. Anna shared some insights on graduating, shed some light on her process, and expressed what it was like representing Deaf culture. Give Me a Sign comes out…Continue reading An Interview with Anna Sortino, Author of “Give Me a Sign”
