Earlier this week, we received an exciting piece of Alumni News: after a long wait, MAWP graduate Zhanna Vaynberg‘s series of six short essays had finally gotten published in the Michigan Quarterly Review. We asked Zhanna how this unusual publishing contract had come about, and when she sat down to write out an answer, the…Continue reading On How I Got Six Essays Published in MQR: Guest Post by Zhanna Vaynberg
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The Power of Story and “How Long Will I Cry?”: Guest Post by Lisa Applegate
Over the past few years, many of our DePaul English Graduate students have been involved in an ongoing oral history project, collecting stories of youth violence from those affected by it throughout Chicago. Lisa Applegate (MAWP) is one of those students, having participated in Miles Harvey’s Oral History class as well as an Independent Study…Continue reading The Power of Story and “How Long Will I Cry?”: Guest Post by Lisa Applegate
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
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