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Professor Jennifer Chang on NPR: “Again a Solstice”
Assistant Professor Jennifer Chang NPR has been asking poets to talk about their summers by reading their poems. We’re pleased that our very own Professor Jennifer Chang was among the poets they chose. The interview begins with a brief discussion of a time when Professor Chang was asked to submit a poem to the New…
GW English Alums on the Move: Amanda Panitch Publishes Damage Done
Amanda Panitch GW English BA ’11 “My Honor’s Thesis Played a Fundamental Role in the Development of My Writing” – GW English Grad Amanda Panitch, interviewed by Professor Margaret Soltan. MS: Let’s start this interview with a link to your website, which announces the exciting news that a young adult novel of yours, Damage Done, has just been…
D Gilson Publishes “Out of Sequence: The Sonnets Remixed”
For the last year, PhD student D. Gilson has been soliciting poems, essays, and artwork for a special collection from the academic journal Upstart: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies. In fact, this collection, titled Out of Sequence: The Sonnets Remixed, brings together 154 writers and artists responding to Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Gilson explains, “After reading…
Prof. Pardlo featured in 2010 vol. of The Best American Poetry
In the year 1988, poet and editor David Lehman started The Best American Poetry series. The guest editor of the anthology examines the collective output of large and small literary journals; from this the guest editor attempts to glean 75 poems. The sampling that is selected is representative of the “best” poems of that year….
GWU and the National Book Festival
This is one of those weekends when it’s good to be a book lover in Washington, DC. The 10th annual National Book Festival, sponsored by the Library of Congress, is Saturday, Sept. 25 on the National Mall, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Billed as “a celebration of the joy of reading for all ages,”…
Senior Spotlights: Izzy Cassandra-Newsam
Raising High & Waving Goodbye: Izzy Cassandra-Newsam graduates with a degree in Creative Writing & English, after completing her fiction thesis under the guidance of Professor Annie Liontas. After this summer, she will return to her native Los Angeles to pursue a career in television. Thank you, Izzy, for everything you’ve provided the department, and…
