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Jane Shore Reads Elizabeth Bishop
If you, like me, forgot to turn your television to the News Hour on Valentine’s Day to listen to poet and GW faculty member Jane Shore read Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art” — despair not! You can watch the entire performance via streaming video here. And, for your enjoyment, the poem itself. One Art The…
Knowing “The Known World”
Attention alumni: this event is just for you. Knowing “The Known World” Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Edward P. Jones Date: Feb 18, 2009 Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM ET Location: The George Washington University Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW Washington, D.C. Description: Please join Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Spring 2009…
Opening: Student Research Assistant
Dear English Majors, The Department of English is looking to hire a student research assistant who will work 5-10 hours per week (60 hours total per semester) with Prof. Alexa Alice Joubin on her new book on Shakespeare on film which is supported by the GW Humanities Center. This is an entry level position, and all training…
EGSA Symposium: A Symposium on Failed Fixities
The English Graduate Student Association welcomes graduates and undergraduates to attend the 2013 EGSA Symposium “Temporal Slippages and Spatial Slidings: A Symposium on Failed Fixities” The Symposium will be held on February 15th in Rome 771 and will start at 9 am and end at 5:30 pm! Here’s a sneak peek at some of the panels!…
“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…
Louis Bayard Reading: Thursday, January 31st
Louis Bayard will be giving a reading Thursday January 31st at 7:30pm in the Honors Town House (714 21st St NW). Bayard teaches Creative Writing here at the George Washington University and is the author of The School of Night, The Black Towers, The Pale Blue Eye, and other critically acclaimed novels. As a child, Professor…

