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Mark Your Calendar!
ATTENTION GRADUATING SENIORS,My name is Rachael Baird, and I have been serving as the Communications Liaison this semester. As one of my farewell tasks, I am organizing an informal gathering on Monday, May 12 to celebrate our graduation. Hopefully by then everyone will have finished their exams, papers, thesis… college! Though we’ll be graduating soon,…
Spring 2011 English Department Course Descriptions
We’ve had trouble getting these course descriptions posted to our website, so we’re putting them here. English Course Descriptions – Spring 2011 (updated 11/15/2010) Dean’s Seminars 14905 0801.10 Cuba and the Cultures of U.S. Imperialism Professor Tony Lopez GCR: Humanities WF 9:35-10:50 OLD Course Number: 801 This seminar explores representations of Cuba in relation to…
Bruce MacKinnon wins WWPH Poetry Contest
Bruce MacKinnon teaches creative writing here at GW. His wonderful new book of poems is called Mystery Schools. Here are some endorsements and some information. “In his attention to detail and in his reverence for the smallest moments of experience Bruce MacKinnon compounds and intensifies the events of daily life. Mystery Schools sings with a…
Prof. Wald Speaks on “Stunning” Panel
On Monday, March 3, Prof. Gayle Wald participated in Woolly Mammoth Theater’s panel discussion for its new play, “Stunning.” Prof. Wald was invited to contribute her scholarly insight into the play’s themes.Here is what Prof. Wald had to say about the event: The evening consisted of a reading of a scene from the play by…
Meet the New Student Bloggers
Kevin Callahan It’s a pleasure to welcome two new student bloggers for English for spring 2012. Junior Kevin Callahan, an English major and journalism minor, is editor of the G.W. Review, one of GW’s two literary magazines. Since last fall, he has also been features editor of the GW Cherry Tree yearbook. In his free…