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Creative Writing Feature: Sassi Riar
Sassi Riar is taking Prof. Pollack’s Intermediate Poetry 104 class. Drawing a Line He had to crouch to sniff white.It took a toll on his posture,As if pulling him to the groundWhere he went after. His fingers, once colorful,Now pale from powder,Forgot all the notes they had played.Silence was louder. He picked at the strings…
Hello, I’m New Here. Let Me Introduce Myself.
Hello, I’m Kirk Hausmann Larsen. Even more, I’m the new student blogger.You might be asking yourself: “New student blogger? I didn’t know there was an old student blogger!” “What’s all this, then?” “Even more? More than what?!” “Why did he include his middle name? The pomp!” “A numbered list? Does he think I have all…
President Knapp Appointed Chair of English Department Student Complaint Committee
President Knapp graciously hosted the faculty of the English Department at his F St home yesterday. Although he holds a part-time job as president of a major urban university, Steven Knapp is most famous as a scholar of 18th- and 19th-century English literature and literary theory. He holds his tenure in the English Department at…
Some Current Research in the English Department
As you plan your end of the year giving, we hope that you will keep the GW English Department in mind. Here is some of the faculty research that the generosity of our supporters fosters: Jonathan Gil Harris ยท Shakespeare and Literary Theory (Oxford University Press) to be published in May 2010. Editing collection of essays…
Nadeem Aslam’s Newest Novel
GW’s inaugural British Council Writer in Residence Nadeem Aslam’s newest novel, The Wasted Vigil has just been released. Mr. Aslam read from the novel at the numerous events that the English department hosted to celebrate his residency, and I, like many of those I talked to, was greatly impressed by his reading of the first…
Best Student Poem Contest: Deadline is this Friday!
The GW English Department is pleased to announce our first annual Student Poetry Contest. Anyone can enter, and the prize (generously donated by a departmental supporter) is an astonishing $500. RULES: Poems are judged anonymously. Students should submit one poem, no more than 200 lines long. A separate cover sheet should include the author’s name,…