Alumna Lilly Rivlin Screens Film about Writer Grace Paley
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Writer and Activist Grace Paley |
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Writer and Activist Grace Paley |
A Special Alumni EventPlease join the English Department for a panel discussion on “Literature in a Global Age,” the past and future of writing in English. A panel of authors and critics will lead a lively discussion of literature familiar and new, exploring the art that happens when cultures meet — and clash. The panel…
To decorate our new lounge space, English has partnered with Project George’s Laura Van Biber and Elise Walker (both MFA candidates in Interior Design at GW). Here’s the plan they proposed. It includes seating for 7 people. Laura and Elise also helped us pick out durable, attractive, and inexpensive furniture that will add a bit…
The course descriptions are online. Registration begins this week. Faculty will be holding extra office hours to lift holds and for advising. Share on FacebookTweet
At last, the official press release. GW NAMES PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR AS FIRST WANG VISITING PROFESSOR IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH LITERATURE D.C. Resident Edward P. Jones to Teach and Deliver Public Readings in Spring 2009 WASHINGTON – The George Washington University has named Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Washington, D.C., resident Edward P. Jones as the first…
Renowned British novelist Howard Jacobson will be our third GW-British Council Writer in Residence during February 2010. Like Suhayl Saadi and Nadeem Aslam before him, Mr. Jacobson will read four works of his choosing with students and discuss them informally over four Tuesday nights. Upon completion of the course students will turn in 5 pages…
It is with great sorrow that we note the sudden death of Jonathon Lucks, an alumnus of the English Department (class of 2006). He is fondly remembered by our faculty, as well as by those majors who took classes in the department with him. We offer our deepest sympathy to his family and to his…