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Luther Rice Undergrad Fellowship
English Department majors and minors: Has your course work or reading sparked a desire to pursue some research of your own? The Luther Rice Undergrad Fellowship program at GWU provides financial assistance and structured support. With a deadline in early December, now is the time to begin thinking through your ideas and preparing an…
Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Hosts George Pelecanos
George Pelecanos Reading Thursday, January 23rd in Marvin Center 301 at 7:30pm http://diariodellafenice.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-libreria-george-pelecanos-il.html A Washington native, Pelecanos worked many odds and ends jobs before publishing his first crime novel, A Firing Offense, in 1992. His novels plunge readers into the gritty world of murder and drugs that he constructs from personal observation and research. In a conversation Pelecanos explained, “My…
Craft Chat with Virginia Hartman and Annie Liontas
The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of fiction! We’re joined by novelists Virginia Hartman (The Marsh Queen) and Annie Liontas (Let Me Explain You) for a discussion of their books and writing.
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Helen Deutsch to Deliver Wang Distinguished Lecture in Literary and Cultural Studies
Helen Deutsch, Department of English, UCLA The Wang Distinguished Lecture in Literary and Cultural Studies will be presented this year by Helen Deutsch, Professor of English at UCLA. Professor Deutsch will be in residency at GW September 18-19, and will deliver a lecture titled “Savage Indignation: Jonathan Swift, Edward Said and the Demands of Late Style.”…
PEN/Faulkner and GW English
All three of these Spring 2013 PEN/Faulkner events have a connection to GW English. Author Dolen Perkins-Valdez is a 2003 GW English PhD, Lisa Page teaches in our Creative Writing Program, and PEN/Faulkner Award Nominee Thomas Mallon is Director of Creative Writing. Although the reading with Dolen Perkins-Valdez has passed, come out this Saturday to…