Recently I had to complete an assignment I had no interest in. As it happens, it was not so much the subject matter which bothered me, but…
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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…
This week, the Chicago Public Library Foundation awarded novelist Don DeLillo the Carl Sandburg Literary Award
Working at the writing center, it is usually assumed that you love to write papers. I am testifying today, however, that this is not always the case.
Beyond the typographical errors (or stylistic choices? Hey, he’s following his own tip number 13.) of Jack Kerouac’s “Belief and Technique for Modern Prose” lie gems of…
On Thursday night I attended a lecture series at Saint Xavier University. The guest lecturer was Robert Gibbs, the former press secretary for President Obama. The talk…
To some extent, getting people riled up is the goal of political writing. Opinions and discussions should be exciting, forceful, and most of all, persuasive. You want…
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Electronic Readers (Scrawl S2 E2.5)
Cadets and…Cadet-etts? Check out the latest episode of Scrawl, where we talked with Elliot from the CMWR about the Friday Writer’s Forum and engage in a vigorous…
When you’re running short of ideas for your writing, there are a few methods via which you can try to get over the proverbial block that sits…
Can you count on one hand the number of people outside of school who have read your work? This is a shame. You may be thinking, “talk…