Mark your calendars! DePaul professors and authors will be participating in readings around the city this fall. Don’t miss out on these fabulous opportunities below: TONIGHT: Thursday, September 30 Amina Gautier, a new assistant professor of English, joins author Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Her Fearful Symmetry) and other writers for a discussion entitled…Continue reading Upcoming DePaul Author Events
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Meet the GAs: Jessica Block
Program: MAWP Graduate Assistant Role: Tutor and Webmaster at the Writing Center Accomplishments, Publications: Learning to write CSS and HTML over the summer, most recent publication in 2010 issue of Threshold Favorite Author or Genre of Writing: poetry, but my favorite author is Milan Kundera Plans for the school year: continuing to pursue publication in…Continue reading Meet the GAs: Jessica Block
What We Missed: Faculty News
Professor Ted Anton’s essay, “Riff,” will appear in a book that just received a starred review in Publishers Weekly, called One Word: Writers on the Words They Love and Loathe, (Sarabande Books, due November 2010). Professor Amina Gautier won the 2010 Flanner O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Read more here: http://ugapress.blogspot.com/2010/08/flannery-oconnor-short-fiction-award.html Professor Rebecca Johns Trissler…Continue reading What We Missed: Faculty News
Meet the New Faculty: Rebecca Johns Trissler
Rebecca Johns’s first novel, Icebergs, was a finalist for the 2007 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction and a recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Award. Her second, The Countess, is forthcoming in October from Crown Books. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Ploughshares, the Harvard Review, the Mississippi Review, the Chicago Tribune, Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle,…Continue reading Meet the New Faculty: Rebecca Johns Trissler
What We Missed: Student News
Our students have been busy this summer and fall! Check out the great accomplishments and publications from current MAE and MAWP students below. Have your own announcements? Email mtranber@depaul.edu to see your accomplishments on Ex Libris! Teaching Internships in Two-Year Colleges The following students are currently doing the 2-Year College Teaching Internships: Heath Black (MAE),…Continue reading What We Missed: Student News
Meet the GAs: Joe Olivier
Joe enrolled in the M.A.E. program in the winter of 2009 and is joining the Writing Center this fall as a Graduate Assistant. He earned his B.A. in Sociology with minors in Spanish and Latin American Studies from Loyola University New Orleans in 2006. After graduating from Loyola, he worked as a legal assistant for…Continue reading Meet the GAs: Joe Olivier
Banned Books Week: Collaborative “Howl” Reading
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVGoY9gom50&feature=related] On Friday, October 1, The University Center for Writing-based Learning will be hosting a marathon reading of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” followed by a round-table discussion about the poem, censorship, book banning etc. As many of you know, Ginsberg was one of the most well-known poets of the Beat Generation, and his poem “Howl” caused…Continue reading Banned Books Week: Collaborative “Howl” Reading
Meet the GAs: Andrew McNamara
Program: MAWP Graduate Assistant Role: Associate Editor, Poetry East Publications: McNamara, Andrew. “Ahead of the Curve.” Montgomery Living, September 2009, pp. 26-28. McNamara, Andrew. “The Art of Jewelry Making.” Montgomery Living, June 2010, pp. 18-20. McNamara, Andrew. “The Art of Words.” Montgomery Living, June 2009, pp. 22-23. McNamara, Andrew. “Field of Dreamz.” Montgomery Living, March…Continue reading Meet the GAs: Andrew McNamara
Letter from the Directors: Welcome to Autumn Quarter 2010
On behalf of the entire graduate faculty in the Department of English, we would like to welcome the nearly 70 of you who began your master’s studies this month, and to the over 200 students who are returning to DePaul after a summer away from graduate classes. We extend to you a warm “Welcome back!”…Continue reading Letter from the Directors: Welcome to Autumn Quarter 2010
EGSA: A Year in Review
On behalf of the other committee members, I would like to tell you about The English Graduate Student Association. The group was formed in Fall 2009 to bring together English and Writing and Publishing students, enhancing the experience of the students in both programs through social and cultural events in and around Chicago. In the…Continue reading EGSA: A Year in Review
What We Missed: Alumni News
Our alumni have been busy this summer with jobs, publications, and writing projects. Read along for news from some of our recent graduates. Krystal Baugher (MAWP ’10) has just published an article in the online journal Elephant. The article has the provocative title of “More Sex with More People: The Good, the Bad, and the…Continue reading What We Missed: Alumni News
Meet the New Faculty: David Welch
Professor David Welch has been on the English Department faculty since 2008, but he is teaching his first graduate class this year. David Welch is a recipient of the Hill-Kohn Prize from the Academy of American Poets and former Poetry Editor of Black Warrior Review. His poems have appeared in journals including AGNI Online, Kenyon…Continue reading Meet the New Faculty: David Welch