The Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse’s spring conference is coming up very soon on Saturday, May 11. You can RSVP here, and if you haven’t responded to the CFP yet, you can view it here. Submissions are due April … Continue reading
On April 4 Chicago lost Roger Ebert, a writer and critic of boundless energy. When I was growing up, his movie reviews were one of my Friday morning breakfast staples, spread out on the table alongside my cereal and juice. … Continue reading
A major shout-out to everybody at DePaul University for making this past International Writing Centers Week one of the best yet. It’s been an especially good time to reflect on our core beliefs about writing. We asked DePaul students to … Continue reading
Last month, the DePaul Humanities Center invited George Saunders to read from his newest story collection, The Tenth of December, which is, according to The New York Times, already the best book of 2013. But despite all the clamor, Saunders is a pretty … Continue reading
The curriculum of DePaul’s School for New Learning requires SNL students to complete an “Advanced Project,” similar to a capstone or thesis project that concludes your academic journey. And it’s also true that completing the Advanced Project (or AP) has … Continue reading
More good news from our friends in the Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse program: the call for papers for this year’s Spread the WoRD conference is out! This is the conference’s fourth year running, and as someone who attended the previous … Continue reading
Writers, writing teachers, and aspiring comp/rhet theorists: if you’re looking to get your Master’s degree sometime soon, then make sure you look into applying for a graduate assistantship with DePaul’s Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse program (WRD). In addition to studying … Continue reading
How clichéd can a writing workshop get, right? Picture it. Half a dozen writers of various skill levels around a dining room table shuffling drafts back and forth like bridge cards and subtly feeling out one another’s strengths and weaknesses … Continue reading
Banned Books Week runs September 30 through October 6. Along with DePaul University Libraries we are celebrating free speech all week long! See the details after the jump.
As a MA student applying to the Writing Center one year ago, I didn’t really think that being employed as a tutor would change how I write. At 21, I was pretty sure that my writing style was set – … Continue reading