For a full account of the adventure, see Professor Soltan’s blog University Diaries.
Jennifer Nguyen is the winner of this year’s Student Poetry Contest Each year, the English department awards a variety of student prizes for achievement in creative writing. This year, senior Jennifer Nguyen is the winner of the Student Poetry Contest for her piece “Candy.” The judges were Profs. Jane Shore, Mary-Sherman Willis, and David McAleavey….
Prof. Lisa Page GW English creative writing faculty members Lisa Page and Faye Moskowitz were both nominated for the 2010 Professor of the Year, a distinction awarded by the University’s 450 student athletes. Prof. Moskowitz and Prof. Page are among the 25 nominees, while Prof. Page is one of 6 finalists! (Does this sound like…
The English Department is thrilled to announce that Sarah Kuczynski, GWU class of 2012, will be blogging for us beginning in fall 2010. Sarah is an English/CW major from New Orleans. Last week, Sarah read a poem about her hometown at an open mike event at Busboys and Poets, one of our favorite hangouts, and…
From the latest edition: Renowned Writers Share Their Craft Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward P. Jones began his GW professorship in January with a public reading of his novel The Known World. Last fall, English professors compiled a wish list of sorts: If they could have any modern literary great join the faculty, who would it…
This upcoming spring, two GW English PhD candidates will be teaching a series of unique classes that will be of particular interest to our undergrads. With registration just around the corner, now is a great time to learn about the special topics these classes cover! Maureen Kentoff will be teaching ENGL 3840.11- Women, Place & Time…
Writer and Activist Grace Paley Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to attend the screening of Lilly Rivlin’s documentary Grace Paley: Collected Shorts, as a part of Prof. Faye Moskowitz’s Jewish Literature Live course, which works to bring in Jewish authors to speak. The film tells the story of the life and work of Grace…
