DePaul Students Featured at a Guild Complex Event and a Langston Hughes Performance

Yesterday on Ex Libris we featured an event hosted by the Guild Literary Complex which called for students from each of Chicago’s creative writing graduate programs to read at an open mic. Today we are happy to announce that two students have stepped forward to represent DePaul’s MAWP: Mellissa Gyimah and Jim Shadid. Please join…Continue reading DePaul Students Featured at a Guild Complex Event and a Langston Hughes Performance

EGSA Conference Reminder, Story Week, and a Teaching Job

There’s only one week left until the EGSA Conference paper submission deadline of midnight on Monday, March 19th. EGSA needs your Poetry, Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Analysis/Critical Approaches, Pedagogical and Literary Theory, and other writing on Publishing, Professional, and Teaching Practices. This is a great opportunity to showcase your work, get a line on your…Continue reading EGSA Conference Reminder, Story Week, and a Teaching Job

DePaul MAWP at the AWP Conference

Ten thousand people are registered for the sold-out Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference this weekend right here in Chicago. If you’re lucky enough to count yourself among them, stop by the DePaul Masters in Writing and Publishing Program table at the book fair to say hi! It’ll be located in the lower level of…Continue reading DePaul MAWP at the AWP Conference

Call for Papers, Childhood Horror Stories, Almost Alumni Fair, and More

Call for Student Papers- Conference: Popular Uprisings in Times of Crisis The International Studies Programs at DePaul University & University of Illinois at Chicago invite graduate and undergraduate students to submit a one page research paper proposal for the 2012 annual student conference to be held on April 18th. The theme of this year’s conference…Continue reading Call for Papers, Childhood Horror Stories, Almost Alumni Fair, and More

February Literary Events

Believe it or not, tomorrow is the last day of January. Literary-event-wise, it’s going out with a bang with what is sure to be a fascinating reading and reception with author Mahmoud Saeed at the Lincoln Park campus. Luckily, February will be packed with even more great literary events in and around DePaul. Grab your…Continue reading February Literary Events

Spotlight on: Mahmoud Saeed

This Tuesday, join the DePaul Humanities Center in a very special event with one of DePaul’s visiting writers. Iraqi writer Mahmoud Saeed is marking the release of his newest novel in translation, The World Through the Eyes of Angels with readings from his writings and a round table discussion with Saeed and DePaul faculty members…Continue reading Spotlight on: Mahmoud Saeed

Certificate in Teaching English in the Two-Year College Info Session and Upcoming Career Events

Special update! It has just been confirmed that the guest writers on tomorrow’s DePaul Student Writers Show are English graduate students Bethany Brownholtz and Michael Van Kerckhove. Tune in to hear them read their work on Radio DePaul, radio.depaul.edu, this Friday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. *** Current students, are you interested in an internship at a…Continue reading Certificate in Teaching English in the Two-Year College Info Session and Upcoming Career Events

Events this Week

Autumn Quarter Week 4 Wednesday September 30 Banned Books Week pop-up shop, and info table 11 am-1 pm, 11th Floor DePaul Center, Loop Campus English Department Book Club discusses A Song of Ice and Fire 6:00-7:3o pm Richardson Library 115 Thursday October 1 Deadline to apply for Autumn ’15 Degree Conferral Friday October 2 “Books on the Chopping Block” presented by…Continue reading Events this Week

EGSA Halloween Party, Tom Montgomery Fate Reading, & Guild Complex Events

Lots of exciting upcoming events to talk about today! Oh, and have you liked the DePaul University English Graduate Programs on Facebook yet? Well, what are you waiting for?! — The English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) cordially invites all MAE and MAWP students to attend their second-annual Halloween Party, this THURSDAY, OCT. 27TH. Yes, that…Continue reading EGSA Halloween Party, Tom Montgomery Fate Reading, & Guild Complex Events