JEWISH LITERATURE LIVE After a week of being trapped in his hotel room, Howard Jacobson has spoken to more English classes and student groups than he can remember. Tonight he will make a appearance at Hillel and yesterday he finally visited Jewish Literature Live. So surprisingly, the author of Kalooki Nights (probably the most Jewish…
For alumna, Katy DiSavino, being a playwright was not really a choice, it was in her blood. As the daughter of parents who own a theater in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, DiSavino has been acting since she was child. Determined to breakout of theater once she went to GW, DiSavino sat her parents down for the long…
Open only to freshmen, dean’s seminars have proven among the department’s most popular offerings. Faculty enjoy them because they have the privilege of teaching a small group of young men and women very early in their academic journey. Students love them because they get the undivided attention of a full time faculty member who guides…
Please stop by the English Department office (Rome Hall 760) for tea, cookies, and sherry. If you are a current student, you are welcome to stop by for tea and cookies. We are legally obligated to slap your hand HARD if you reach for the sherry. Share on FacebookTweet
On Feb. 24, the English department cosponsored an event with the Office of the President honoring new Folger Shakespeare Library Director Michael Witmore, who assumed the position in July after the retirement of GW Prof. Emerita Gail Kern Paster. Pres. Knapp and Diane Knapp opened the F Street House to about three dozen invitees, including…
If you were paying close attention during Michael Chabon’s public reading last month, you would have caught a reference to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel The Gods of Mars in the second story he read, “First First Father.” In the story, Chabon compared his experience to the unknowability of a nine color spectrum, which is experienced…
