Student Poetry Contest Elicits 41 Entries

As you plan your end of the year giving, we hope that you will keep the GW English Department in mind. Here is some of the faculty research that the generosity of our supporters fosters: Jonathan Gil Harris ·       Shakespeare and Literary Theory (Oxford University Press) to be published in May 2010. Editing collection of essays…

We have made some important changes to the requirements for the major in English. They apply to you, however, only if you declared your major on July 1 2008 or later. You cannot, unfortunately, petition to have them apply to you. That means that if you are a current English major and are reading this,…

Denise Duhamel, a terrific and prolific poet, will be reading at GW on Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. in 1957 E Street, Room 213. The reading is the final event of the Jenny McKean Moore series this year.   Duhamel is the author of numerous books and chapbooks of poetry, including Ka-Ching!, Two and Two, Mille…

What do the two people in our blog post title have in common, besides serenity and good looks? Funny you should ask. Both the Dalai Lama and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson were just named in the Utne Reader list of “Fifty Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is, of course, our inaugural GW English Distinguished…

Read this. Then tell me the counter-example isn’t English majors. Who could be less lemming-like? They are practically flamingoes. Or platypi. Share on FacebookTweet

After many years of teaching and service here at GW, Maxine Clair will be retiring. The department’s recommendation that she be awarded emerita status in honor of her achievements has been accepted. We are so very proud of Maxine … and we would say that we will miss her, but we are confident that we…