Congratulations to our very own Kathleen Rooney, who has received a Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Grant from the City of Chicago!
The grant will support Kathleen’s visit to the Margaret Herrick Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Library in Los Angeles to research a novel when it is safe to travel again. Kudos!
In the interest of being more accessible during this time, Black Warrior Review is making Secret Boyfriend (the latest edition of their online magazine, Boyfriend Village) open to FREE submissions until Wednesday, March 25 at 11:59 pm.
Boyfriend Village accepts fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrid, visual, and multimedia art, as well as sound collage, video, games, and more. The complete guidelines and call for submissions can be found here. All contributors to Boyfriend Village are paid.
Established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA program in creative writing, BWR is the oldest continuously run literary journal produced by graduate students in the United States. Boyfriend Village seeks to be a fully accessible space for unusual, boundary-pushing literary content, especially work from the margins, work that makes exciting use of digital platforms, and work that other well-established journals might overlook.
One of our very own, Kathleen Rooney, was published in the Chicago Tribune this past week. If you’re looking to order books and support local businesses, you can find the article here.
Goodreads is currently hosting a giveaway of 50 copies of DePaul English professor Miles Harvey’s forthcoming book, THE KING OF CONFIDENCE. Enter for a chance to win a copy of your own!
Books from current authors that might bring comfort in this busy time, via NYTimes: Celeste Ng, Ann Patchett, Min Jin Lee and Others on the Books That Bring Them Comfort.
Welcome back, English students! We realize this quarter might look a little different from our previous quarters. We’re here to help. In addition to our normal content, we’ll be posting resources and updating our blog calendar to help you navigate your courses this spring.
To start with, here are a few important SQ dates to keep on your radar:
– Friday April 3, 2020 is the last day to add a class to your Spring Quarter Schedule
– Monday April 13, 2020 is the last day to drop with no penalty
– On Tuesday April 14, 2020, Grades of “W” will be assigned for SQ2020 classes dropped on or after this date
– Friday May 15, 2020 is the last day to withdraw from spring classes with a “W”
Stay safe & healthy!
Celebrate National Poetry Month in April by posting your favorite poems OR your own original poetry on social media. The DePaul English Department would love to hear your poems on resilience & fortitude. From 3/21-4/30, tag our social media (@DePaul_English on Twitter & Instagram) in your poetry post & we will re-post your content on our platforms!
