Two English Professors nominated for Professor of the Year
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| Prof. Lisa Page |
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| Prof. Lisa Page |
The 2011-2012 English Graduate Student Association announces the arrival of the GW EGSA Blog! Here is a report by graduate student Tawnya Ravy: In an effort to stay in touch with English graduate students and to offer regular updates on events, we decided to create this blog. We see it as an exciting opportunity to…
I’m heading to New York tomorrow for the annual Pop Music Conference, which for ten years running now has been sponsored by the Experience Music Project Museum in Seattle. The PopCon, as it’s known, brings together scholars, music journalists, writers, and musicians to talk pop music, then and now, during a fun-filled weekend. This year,…
Thomas Mallon is in GW Today. Read the article below! Wordsmith of Washington Critically acclaimed novelist will lead GW’s creative writing program. By Jennifer Price May 3, 2010 Thomas Mallon, who will become the head of GW’s creative writing program later this month, didn’t start writing fiction until he was in his 30s. As a…
Gelman Library Exhibit Opening: “A Kind of Map of Life”: The Fiction of Edward P. Jones Stop by Café G on the first floor of Gelman Library to see “A Kind of Map of Life”: The Fiction of Edward P. Jones, a new exhibit that explores the connections between Jones’ work and the history of…
From today’s Hatchet, PhD student John Figura: This quest for answers has brought many students, such as English Ph.D. candidate John Figura, into doctoral programs despite the lack of any previous graduate credentials or work experience. Figura said he made the leap immediately following his undergraduate degree because of his decidedly clear career goals. “I…
The Fat Studies Reader, a collection of essays to which GW English graduate student Julia McCrossin contributed a piece, was mentioned in a recent New Yorker article: So what’s wrong with putting on an extra pound, or ten pounds, or, for that matter, a hundred and ten? According to the contributors to “The Fat Studies…