This is a great week to get involved with the Guild Literary Complex and check out some of their Chicago literary events, because tomorrow begins their “Mid-October Sampler Platter.” There’s lots to choose from! Tuesday Oct. 11th: “Crossing State Lines: An American Renga” A film screening, discussion and renga poetry from Crossing State Lines: An…Continue reading Guild Literary Complex October Sampler
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Faculty News and MAWP Meet & Greet
We’re starting the week off on a high note, with news about publications from two of our faculty members and an invitation to a MAWP gathering. — Prof. Michele Morano‘s essay, “Boy Eats World,” is published in the current issue of the creative nonfiction journal, Fourth Genre. In addition, her essay, “Evenings at the Collegeview…Continue reading Faculty News and MAWP Meet & Greet
Filling Up the Calendar
*REMINDER: Tomorrow, Sept. 30, is the LAST DAY to apply for Partial Tuition Scholarship Awards AND Saturday, Oct. 1 is the deadline to apply for Degree Conferral for Autumn 2011. Apply on Campus Connect and contact Nora Durkin at CLA&SS Graduate Services at ndurkin1@depaul.edu with any questions* In just two days we get to flip…Continue reading Filling Up the Calendar
Threshold Launch Party Friday
It’s that time of year again. Threshold is ready to celebrate the release of our 31st edition with our annual Launch Party. The event will be off-campus this year at Lincoln Hall. Featuring readings by Brandon Thompson, Jason Smith, Tracy Sluciak, Devon Mary Doherty, Laura Given, Marianne Chrisos, Kyle Mantegna, Colin Michael Kelahan, & Michael…Continue reading Threshold Launch Party Friday
Threshold Judge Reading Thursday
This year, Threshold introduced the first-ever Threshold Award for Excellence in each of our literary categories. We had the distinct honor to work with four talented writers, who selected our final recipients. Threshold is now pleased to present the work of judges Scott Blackwood, Stephen Markley, and Adam Clay in an on-campus reading. Each judge…Continue reading Threshold Judge Reading Thursday
E.G.S.A. Spring Event: Second City
E.G.S.A. announces its spring quarter social event! Come see the hilarious live sketch comedy show “The Truth and Other Lies” at Second City’s Donny’s Skybox on Friday May 13, 2011 at 9pm! Tickets are $12 and can be purchased online, over the phone, or in person at the theater box office. M.A.W.P. student Christopher Smith…Continue reading E.G.S.A. Spring Event: Second City
Ryan Van Meter Reading Tonight
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nw_NjkTJbY] Ryan Van Meter—who received an MA from the creative writing program—will be reading from his much-praised new essay collection, If You Knew Then What I Know Now. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly recently described the book as a “moving debut” with “profoundly universal appeal.” Ryan Van Meter Tuesday, April 26 6:00 p.m. Dorothy…Continue reading Ryan Van Meter Reading Tonight
James Murphy Reading, a Review
By MAE student Jonathan Kittl On Thursday, February 17, 2011 at the John T. Richardson Library, Professor James H. Murphy presented his newly published book, Irish Novelists & the Victorian Age. Professor Murphy started the evening with a brief explanation concerning his process in constructing this new work. Professor Murphy includes references to well over…Continue reading James Murphy Reading, a Review
Recent News from DePaul English Faculty
Congratulations to Professor Jim Fairhall Winner, Tennessee Williams New Orleans Fiction Contest Professor Fairhall will read from his winning story, “Pink,” at the 25th Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival on Sunday, March 27. For more information on the contest and the festival, see http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/ Professor James H. Murphy Professor Murphy will celebrate his new book, Irish…Continue reading Recent News from DePaul English Faculty