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I met last week with the staff of GW’s Advancement office to speak about projects with which they might assist the English Department in fundraising. I was surprised to learn that most of what we seek is so modest that donors probably would not be that interested: significant gifts are those above $25,000. As an…
Poetry Workshop for DC Residents This Spring
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ELEW in Concert: Tuesday, 4/27 at 11 a.m.
This just in from Prof. Tina Daub, who teaches ENGL 81, Introduction to Creative Writing. On Tuesday, April 27 at 11 a.m. in Phillips B-120, the acclaimed pianist known as ELEW is coming to her class to perform, and his concert is open to the public. This is the same ELEW who performed at the…
Bob Ganz’s “Last Lecture”
Prof. Robert N. Ganz delivered a “Last Lecture” to more than 100 friends and colleagues. Prof. Robert Ganz’s unique legacy of teaching that began in 1964 culminated Friday February 18 with an honorary “last lecture” that drew friends, alumni, former students and colleagues. Although I never personally had a class with Prof. Ganz, I was…
And you thought your last paper came back with suggestions
This is an image that has been circulating online since last week, when The New Yorker magazine posted it on its blog. [Click here for a link to the White House Flickr site, where you can see a huge image of the same.] As an English professor and as someone who loves to be edited…
From The Hatchet: Folger Undergraduate Research Seminar
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