Poem of the Day: e. e. cummings’s “somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond”
The Modern Language Association, or MLA, has been in the news lately for venturing into the Twitterverse with recommendations on how to cite a Tweet. The association representing English professors, the MLA released its recommendations on the Web and on Twitter, where it engendered a lively discussion. Now the issue of Twitter citation style has…
I was hired as an assistant professor by the George Washington University in 1994, and have been happy to be a part of the English department from the very first day. Now as a full professor and new chair, I am daily filled with wonder at the excellence of our undergraduate students, at the vigor…
This week marked the completion of another visiting residency for GW English, sponsored by the Wang Endowment. Simon Gikandi, Professor of English at Princeton University and editor of PMLA, and author (most recently) of the critically-acclaimed Slavery and the Culture of Taste (Princeton UP, 2011) was with us from October 26-October 31. The residency included…
Beginning October 27, join #GWBookLife for the second installment in the virtual book club series. Join us as we venture into a series of short stories by award-winning novelist and short-story writer Kali Fajardo-Anstine. Connect with other passionate readers within the GW community as you discover new stories and engage in witty conversation! Follow our social…
The English Department’s annual Jack-O-Lit gathering had a great turn out this year! Many students joined the English faculty in sharing cookies and cider, as well as carving pumpkins into some very creative designs. Maggie Benda and Oona Intemann won Professor Daniel DeWispelare’s new book, Multilingual Subjects, On Standard English, Its Speakers, and Others in the Long…
Welcome back to campus, and a special welcome to first-year and newly declared English majors just joining us for the first time! The English Department faculty are excited to have you back to our classrooms.