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Tammy Greenwood-Stewart at Bethesda Barnes & Noble
Come hear popular creative writing teacher, novelist, and all around excellent person Tammy Greenwood-Stewart read from her latest work as part of the Bethesda Literary Festival. Information here and here. The reading will take place this Sunday, April 19, at 3 PM. The Bethesda Barnes & Noble is a short walk from the Bethesda Metro…
Save the Dates: Queer, Jewish, Disability, and Shakespeare Studies
October and early November are chock-a-block with English department or English-affiliated programming. Mark your calendars now for these upcoming events. October 4: E. Patrick Johnson The Northwestern University Professor and performer E. Patrick Johnson visits GW during the run of his critically acclaimed one-man show “Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South” at Arlington’s…
A Discussion with Aldon Nielsen: April, 19th 2013
Update: We regret to announce that this event is postponed — stay tuned for further details. Aldon Lynn Nielson will be hosting a discussion: “The Cry of my People:” Jazz, Poetry and the Black Arts on Friday, April 19 2-4 PM in Rome Hall 771 http://artonair.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/bodyview_enlarged/show/9063/node-image.jpg An alum from our very own English department, Aldon Nielsen…
MK Asante in Conversation with Lisa Page
MK Asante Don’t miss our Acting Director of Creative Writing, Professor Lisa Page, in conversation with MK Asante this month (September 17 at 7 PM) at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue SE. This conversation is part of PEN/Faulkner’s Fall 2013 Literary Reading Series. Professor Page is former President of…
Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Hosts George Pelecanos
George Pelecanos Reading Thursday, January 23rd in Marvin Center 301 at 7:30pm http://diariodellafenice.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-libreria-george-pelecanos-il.html A Washington native, Pelecanos worked many odds and ends jobs before publishing his first crime novel, A Firing Offense, in 1992. His novels plunge readers into the gritty world of murder and drugs that he constructs from personal observation and research. In a conversation Pelecanos explained, “My…
H. G. CARRILLO READING FROM HIS FICTION
H. G. Carrillo is the author of the novel Loosing My Espanish (Pantheon 2004), and is now in his first year as Assistant Professor in the GW English Department. He has earned an MFA from Cornell University, and has taught previously there and at Knox College in Illinois. 8 PM THURSDAY OCTOBER 11, 2007 MARVIN…
