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GW, Starbucks, and so on
Did you read this in The Hatchet? Haven’t I been saying something like this for a long time? Give Sol Café that fishbowl lounge thing and let’s have some poetry readings there. Share on FacebookTweet
English Honors: Some upcoming meetings
See this stack of books? English Honors students read them all … two at a time. Well, not really. But it’s a nice thought. I had a professor in college who had a photographic memory (really). In one class, he began reading Moby Dick and then closed the book and continued to “read.” For about…
Changes to the English Major
Undergraduates who declare their English major on July 1 2008 or later will progress towards the degree under the following requirements. The previous requirements remain in effect for anyone who declared the major before July 1. No changes have been made to the major’s prerequisites or to the total number of courses required for the…
H. G. Carrillo, “Andalucía”
The latest issue of Conjunctions (“The Death Issue: Writers Meditate in Fiction, Essays, and Poetry on the Inevitable”) features a short story entitled “Andalucía” by our own H. G. Carrillo. Share on FacebookTweet
Jane Shore on NPR
Professor Jane Shore discussed Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art” on NPR’s show Marketplace. You can listen to the program and read a transcript here. The beautiful poem is below. “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop The art of losing isn’t hard to master;so many things seem filled with the intentto be lost that their loss is…
Folger Seminar at CCAS website
To all current and prospective English majors: you too can live the glamorous life of the archival researcher at the Folger. Follow this link to learn a bit more about our GW-Folger Undergraduate Research Seminar, which will be accepting applications in spring 2009. Can you spot which of these dapper persons in the photo at…