This post is guest blogged by Prof. Gregory Pardlo. It seems we have not quite put AWP behind us. One of the controversies enlivening the recent writer’s conference has now managed to capture the imagination of people outside the literary community. Picked up by the Associated Press, the debacle over what is now known as…

If you want to keep up via Facebook with all things related to the Edward P. Jones residency, join this group. And in case you’ve only recently emerged from a cave on a deserted island and/or have just been released after long abduction by alien beings of uncertain but unwholesome intent, the English Department at…

Apparently some staff of the GW Hatchet read our blog. From today’s paper, a short piece on Kathleen Rooney, our featured alumna of a few weeks back: —————– Stripping the Cover Kathleen Rooney is proof that there are plenty of jobs out of college. She is also proof that someone with a major in English…

So you’re snowed in from Friday through Sunday morning. What to do? Consider adding one of these upcoming events of interest to your calendar: The BIG READ, featuring Howard Jacobson, author of Kalooki Nights. Even if you haven’t finished the novel, and even if you weren’t one of the 200 lucky people who picked up…

Our intrepid Front Office Student Worker, Sasha, somehow conned the department chair into opening a Twitter account under the name “GWENGL.” A series of tweets erupted yesterday, with more likely to follow. We consider this twitter twaddle to be a two week experiment. Most of what will be disseminated will be lies (we are a…

Members of the Class of 2010 and their guests are cordially invited to celebrate with the English Department on May 15 from 1:30-3 p.m. in Phillips 411 (note changed time and location). A short program, including greetings, the announcement of departmental awards, and poetry recitations for the occasion, will commence at 2 p.m. Light refreshments…