GWU Department of English
GW Students in Kogan Plaza November 15, 2016 |
GW Students in Kogan Plaza November 15, 2016 |
The room was packed. Students watched as the head of the Creative Writing Department, Faye Moskowitz, ran around trying to find enough chairs to seat all 225 people who came to last night’s final reading featuring professors Ramola D and Gina Welch. The event is a record in not just the Creative Writing Department’s history,…
GW English Professor Ayanna Thompson We are happy to roll out a new series for this blog, Introducing New Faculty. Over the next few weeks, you’ll meet everyone who will be joining us in Fall 2013. The Department of English is ecstatic to have three new faculty members joining us in the fall, along with…
After a long post-earthquake ’11 day today, I was tempted to give the Blog-a-Day idea a rest, but a backlog of faculty achievements makes this post easy to assemble. Some highlights of August faculty news: Prof. Jane Shore, whose “New and Selected Poems” comes out next year, is featured in the current issue of Ploughshares…
GW English Professor Jennifer Chang As we continue our Introducing New Faculty series, we’re excited to introduce you to Jennifer Chang, who will be joining us in the fall, in the Creative Writing Program, as an Assistant Professor of Poetry. Listed by former poet laureate Rita Dove as one of the young poets she is…
This week saw news about three new (or forthcoming) books by alumni of the GW English department. Witchita (Europa Editions), the debut novel by GW alumnus Thad Ziolkowski, a professor and Writing Center coordinator at the Pratt Institute, received a warm review in Sunday’s New York Times Book Review. “Whereas you might begin the book…
Avra Bossov is a senior in GW’s School of Media and Public Affairs, majoring in Political Communications with minors in Sustainability and Mind-Brain Studies. In addition to her past involvement with House Staff, APO, and Alternative Breaks, Avra currently serves as the Executive Vice President of GW’s Student Association. In honor of National Poetry Month,…