Poem of the Day: Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman”
Professor Daiya on Mumbai, Migration and More Professor Kavita Daiya I traveled to Mumbai (India) over the December holidays to continue my research: Mumbai as a city plays a central role in my current book in progress Peripheral Secularisms. This work in part follows up on my first book Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender and National…
Professor Tara Wallace was recently in attendance at the Boswell Book Festival at the Dumfries House, Ayrshire, Scotland. Described by organizers as “The World’s Only Festival of Biography & Memoir,” the event was held May 8-10, 2015. Before the official events, Professor Wallace spent some delightful time in the company of Margaret Boswell Elliot (a…
GW English Professor Ayanna Thompson The New York Times recently reported on Play On! a project sponsored by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival asking 36 playwrights from diverse backgrounds to translate the language of William Shakespeare into contemporary modern English. Our own Professor Ayanna Thompson was one of the dramaturges for the project, working with playwright Mfoniso…
Ararat Wrapped in gold foil, in the search and shouting of Easter Sunday, it was the ball of the princess, it was Pharoah’s body sleeping in its golden case. At the foot of the picket fence, in grass lank with the morning rain, it was a Sunday school prize, silver for second place, gold for…
What does Cuba mean to you? To be entirely candid with you, my only experience with Cuba is its delicious cuisine. However, Cuba has always fascinated me with its rich cultural and political history. Last night’s reading with author and journalist, Mayra Montero only solidified that interest. As H.G. Carrillo emphasized in his warm introduction…
Invictus Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond…