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The English Department Thanks its Recent Donors
Two faculty members and a student helped us to raise more than two thousand dollars in the last cycle. The money will help with a readings series and with undergraduate and graduate students research projects. We deeply appreciate the generosity of: Natalie Carter (student) David McAleavey (faculty) Tara Wallace (faculty) If you have not contributed…
Stressed? Join the club
It’s that time of year, we know. We see it in your faces: worn out, sleep deprived, pale. We see how red your eyes are from peering at the computer screen, and that your fingers are turning into little nubs because you’ve been pounding at the keyboard. Your blood has more caffeine coursing through it…
English Department Media Domination Featured in GW Hatchet
[action photo of blogging in motion by Nick Gingold] Follow this link to read a very good piece on why the English Department maintains a blog and Facebook page (short answer: we do it for you, the person reading this post, in the hope of community). Thank you, Calder Stembel, for writing a feature so…
What Are You Reading Over Spring Break?
Here’s a suggestion. Here’s another. And another. And then you can have these books signed by MICHAEL CHABON himself on Monday, March 23 at 7 PM in the Jack Morton Auditorium. Chabon will be introduced by Edward P. Jones, will read from his work, and will be interviewed live by Faye Moskowitz. Book signing follows….
For Published Graduate Student GW Is Only the Next Step
For most graduate students, getting a PhD will be their greatest recent accomplishment. However when Tariq Al-Hayder came to study at GW he was not only a teacher, but a published novelist as well. Originally hailing from Saudi Arabia, Al-Hayder taught English at King Saud University in Riyadh for a year. Whether in the classroom…
A DC booklist–featuring several members of GWU English
Read more here. And Profs. Chris Sten and James Miller teach classes about DC literature. Do you have favorite “DC” books? Share on FacebookTweet