Beth Lattin in Forbes

From the University of Nebraska Press website: Willa Cather’s twelfth and final novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl, is her most intense fictional engagement with political and personal conflict. Set in Cather’s Virginia birthplace in 1856, the novel draws on family and local history and the escalating conflicts of the last years of slavery—conflicts in…

Today I’m reposting information about Prof. Jeffrey Cohen’s ENGL 42W: Myths of Britain course for fall 2010. There are still spots left in this class, which meets twice weekly, once for a lecture and once for a break-out session. The class fulfills the English Department prerequisite, and it also satisfies Humanities and WID general curriculum…

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…

Unless you are reading the GWEnglish blog via Facebook, Google Reader, or some other RSS feed compiler, you will notice that to your right we have introduced our very first poll. The question we are asking is nearly cosmic in its importance: should the English Department adopt a new mascot, or is the noncolorful Hippo…

It isn’t too late to earn a tax deduction and to help the English Department be the best it can be during 2009. Your contribution directly supports literature and the arts at GW. Follow this link to contribute. Please make sure you check the last category, “Other,” and designate the English Department. Thank you ……

If you are a GW student money is probably on your mind. With the extreme tuition and high prices of DC, finding anything to do for free is a godsend. Luckily, The Shakespeare Theater Company understands this and offers a free play every fall. This year the selection is slightly ironic though since the money-obsessed…