Listen to GW English Ph.D. Dolen Perkins-Valdez in discussion with NPR’s Lynn Neary on a recent episode of the radio show “Tell Me More.” Dolen is promoting her new book Wench, which is set at an Ohio resort where white male slaveholders take their enslaved black mistresses. The book is based on an actual resort that existed in antebellum times. Dolen will be reading on campus later this semester.
Michael Chabon is many things. A 45 year old male. A Pulitzer Prize-winner. A Jewish-American author. A true geek. The author, best known for 2000’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, doesn’t like to be referred to by a single, restrictive label. Multiple labels he can tolerate, however. If you keep up with this…
I know that all of you have already registered for your spring courses … but if you are not quite happy with (say) that boring class in international relations that you signed up for because you thought it would enable you to relate internationally, here are some great ENGLISH DEPARTMENT courses seeking students: 171W.10 Willa…
from Gil Harris, Director of Graduate Studies:This year’s English Graduate Student Orientation is scheduled for Wednesday, August 26, from 9:00 till 11:00 am in Rome 771. All new graduate students — including first-year BA/MA students, entering MA students, and entering PhD students — are expected to attend, but everyone else is welcome too, especially faculty…
Thomas Mallon is in GW Today. Read the article below! Wordsmith of Washington Critically acclaimed novelist will lead GW’s creative writing program. By Jennifer Price May 3, 2010 Thomas Mallon, who will become the head of GW’s creative writing program later this month, didn’t start writing fiction until he was in his 30s. As a…
This just in from Joseph Fisher, who earned his Ph.D. in English in May 2007: Since earning his degree, Joe writes, he has been “purchasing music in massive quantities—something I had to curtail during my years in graduate school. I have also used the very modest amount of spare time I have been granted since…
Someone once told Greg Pardlo, GW’s newest creative writing professor and poet, that academia could ruin his poetry. After Thursday night’s poetry reading however, Pardlo should have no fear that he is losing his talent, if anything, his talent is increasing. For a man with many awards to his name, Pardlo is incredibly humorous and…
