SIX days and counting
6 days remain until the Edward P. Jones reading at the Jack Morton Auditorium (Thursday January 29 @ 5 PM).
In his GW debut as a scholar of literature, GW President Steven Knapp will introduce Mr. Jones.
6 days remain until the Edward P. Jones reading at the Jack Morton Auditorium (Thursday January 29 @ 5 PM).
In his GW debut as a scholar of literature, GW President Steven Knapp will introduce Mr. Jones.
This photo was photoshopped for this blog, but only because I took it with my cell phone last year. (It’s still a bit blurry, as you can see.) Remember the wall of Post-It Notes we had on the 7th floor of Rome Hall last year? Well, this is an authentic note that an anonymous student…
The Chair of the English Department resigned today to accept a job as provost of a newly formed online degree granting entity called Knowlidge U. “I will miss my colleagues, but not the ones who take too much chocolate from our department candy bowl, or the ones who make me look bad because they are…
You can read a new prose poem by Prof. David McAleavey on the website of the journal Poetry Northwest. David’s poem, “Daylily Season,” appears as a Web-exclusive feature. Find out how King Lear, the lingering scent of cigarette smoke, an umbrella, high heels, and Lady Bird Johnson enter the poet’s imagination. You can even leave…
E.L. Doctorow will visit with students and then give a public reading Thursday. On April 7, the English Department will be hosting a reading by acclaimed writer E.L. Doctorow. The author of eleven novels, Doctorow has received numerous awards for his work, including the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the…
English major Joe Mancinik with Prof. Toni Morrison Prior to her appearance at Lisner Auditorium Wednesday night, our English Department blogger Joe Mancinik, along with a few other lucky English majors, sat down for a dinner and conversation with legendary writer, teacher, and intellectual Toni Morrison. This piece is about the experience. She speaks softly,…
If you have been to a GW basketball game or a rained-out Fall Fest, you probably recognize the name Smith. “Smith” might be the most common surname in the United States, but it also has an illustrious history at GW. The Smith Center is named after D.C. real estate developer and GWU benefactor Charles E….