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Writing about Writing

CMWR analyzes “The Face on the Milk Carton”

Over the DePaul summer term, the CMWR held a weekly Book Club in collaboration with the English Language Academy, and our selection was the teen-fiction thriller The…

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New Media

Watch the Throne: Should Traditional Criticism Watch its Back?

Last week, Jay-Z and Kanye West dropped their highly anticipated joint album, Watch the Throne. Like any other pop culture event, the immense buildup to the release…

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Scrawl Radio

Got It All (Scrawl S1 E17)

Hello, Scrawl Nation! Looking to break into the world of journalism but aren’t sure where to start? UCWbL Fellow Maureen “Mo” Clancy gives us the lowdown on life as an…

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Writing about Writing

You might be a winner!: Rewarding bad writing

Here at the UCWbL, many of us believe in the value of “shitty first drafts,” an idea popularized by the writer Anne Lamott.  When beginning a piece,…

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Outreach and Events

One more week to see “The World As Text”!

“The World As Text,” an installation at Columbia College Chicago’s Center for Book and Paper Arts, will run for just one more week, until August 12.

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Scrawl Radio

Family Affair (Scrawl S1 E16)

It’s a family affair on today’s Scrawl, as we welcome not one, but two special guests from the UCWbL! Writing Tutor/Fellow Martina Mihelicova reads some short fiction…

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New Media Writing about Writing

How to Write Very Little

“Talking and eloquence are not the same,” Ben Jonson once observed.  “To speak, and to speak well, are two things.”  In his new book, Microstyle, Christopher Johnson,…

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Outreach and Events

UCWbLers in the News!

And not only are they in the news, they’re writing it! UCWbL Writing Fellows Caylie Sadin and Maureen Clancy are making waves in the Chicago journalism scene…

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New Media Outreach and Events

New Hot Topics in Writing Episode: Literature After Dark

Hot Topics in Writing, the UCWbL’s podcast, has released the second installment of a three part series about resources for writers in Chicago! In our last episode,…