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The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Presents: Beverly Lowry
Beverly Lowry, author of Who Killed These Girls? will read on February 22nd at 7:30 PM in Gelman Library, Room 702 as the next installation of the Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series. From Penguin Random House: ABOUT THE AUTHOR: BEVERLY LOWRY is the author of six novels and three previous works of nonfiction. Her writing has…
Nadeem Aslam to be writer in residence (autumn 2007)
Renowned British author Nadeem Aslam will be the GW English Department’s inaugural British Council Writer in Residence during the fall 2007 semester. Beginning in mid-October, he will spend a month in Washington through a new program sponsored by the department and the council. Mr. Aslam achieved international recognition with the publication of his brilliant novel…
Brando Skyhorse and Lisa Page in Conversation
Join Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Residence Brando Skyhorse and Acting Director of Creative Writing Lisa Page in a discussion to be held this Monday at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital. Presented by Hill Center & PEN/Faulkner. 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE, at 7:00 PM. Free and Open to the Public. Share on FacebookTweet
Disability Studies Across the Curriculum
The English Department is a proud co-sponsor of the conference Accessing Alliances: Disability Studies Across the Curriculum, to be held at GW on Feb. 22 & 23. The keynote speaker is Rosemarie Garland-Thomson. The symposium begins with a film festival (free and open to the public). Among the GW faculty presenting will be Robert McRuer,…
Final Nadeem Aslam Event Monday!
A reminder that this Monday evening the English Department will be sponsoring a panel discussion, FICTION AND SURVIVAL: IMAGINATION, MIGRATION, AND DIASPORA, featuring Nadeem Aslam, H. G. Carrillo, and Joanne Leedom-Ackerman. Nadeem Aslam is our inaugural British Council U.K. Writer in Residence; H. G. Carrillo teaches Creative Writing here at GW; Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a…
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…
