We text, we tweet, and we Facebook, but do we lyricize? Plato argued that “Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history,” and Robert Fitzgerald contended that…
Category: Writing about Writing
Lessons, tips, and reflections on being writers; especially discussing the process of composing words, different genres and their related techniques, and meaningful glimpses into their growth as authors, tutors, and readers.
No matter how comfortable you are talking to people you’ve never met, sometimes standing up in the classroom in front of completely foreign faces can be daunting.…
Looking for something fun and literary to do, or a way to take a breather from finals? Chicago Zine Fest has a variety of events today and…
Great news for social media-savvy UCWbLers – the Modern Language Association has rolled out the correct format for citing a tweet in an academic paper. If you…
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An Ode to the Lovely List
I have a confession to make: I absolutely love lists. Writing them, reading them, going over them in my head – call it a compulsion, or a…
The CMWR’s Friday Forum is up and running for Winter Quarter, and this conversation-based group reads through a short text on different aspects of American culture and…
“Open Science, Open Minds.” That’s the slogan of Intech, an online resource with a wealth of science journals (and books) available for download, for free! I remember stumbling…
Hi all! Threshold, DePaul’s premier student-run literary journal, is still accepting submissions for its Spring 2012 issue. Submit your fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or dramatic literature to…
When I first signed up for my literary editing course, I didn’t really think it would have much in common with my tutoring job. I mean, we’re…
Comedian Sean Hill is bringing new meaning to the term “short story.” His tiny tales (all of them under the 140-character limit imposed by Twitter) are strangely…