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“Nothing human is alien to the pen of a novelist or to a reader.”-Julia Alvarez
It was a cold and wet, absolutely miserable day. This could be the start to a novel, but definitely not a good start to your day. Nevertheless, I and thousands of others crowded the metro to get to the National Mall for the Library of Congress’s National Book Festival yesterday. Yet there was a reason…
Edward P. Jones Reading Response
After Chair of the English Department Jeffrey J. Cohen introduced GWU President Steven Knapp who introduced author Edward P. Jones, Jones read two selections from his Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Known World: From Chapter 5, the story of Sherif John Skiffington attempting to quell the fears of his sister-in-law Clara Martin. This roughly corresponds…
Scholarly Publishing Workshop, Friday October 18
SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING WORKSHOP Join us this Friday Oct 18 at 2 pm in Gelman Library 302 Open to All GW Students Publishing advice and perspectives How to locate publishing venues: traditional, non-traditional, open access Preparing to publish: how the library can help Research and writing tools Submitting your work: understanding author agreements, copyright Promoting your…
Sujata Iyengar to Deliver Annual Shakespeare Lecture on September 13
Same-Sex Star-Crossed Lovers in Global Shakespearean Web-Series is the topic of this year’s George Washington University 2019 Annual Shakespeare Lecture, to be delivered by Dr. Sujata Iyengar (University of Georgia). Please RSVP Friday, September 13, 2019 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM with a reception Post Hall, GW’s Mt Vernon Campus 2100 Foxhall Road NW Washington, DC…
Scenes from a Holiday Party! 12/12/12 in the English Department
Professors Daniel Saalfeld and Daniel DeWispelare Uproarious Laughter Decked the Halls Smiles All Around, Ready to Ring in a New Year Katie and Eve, this semester’s fabulous Work-Study Students Professor DeWispelare with Department Operations Manager Constance Kibler Professors Patricia Chu, Evelyn Schreiber, and Ormond Seavey Graduate Students Theodora Danylevich and Elizabeth Pittman Professor Holly Dugan…
New seminar: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
The English Department is happy to announce that a new university seminar we proposed has been funded. The Medieval and Early Modern Seminar (MEMS) proposal is one fruit of an effort the department is making to foster the study of early Britain within a transnational frame in our department. With resources like the Folger Shakespeare…

