Ann Romines Publishes Scholarly Edition of Cather’s “Sapphira and the Slave Girl”
From the University of Nebraska Press website:

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Congratulations, Ann! You may read an excerpt from the work by following the link to the UNP website, above.
From the University of Nebraska Press website:
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Congratulations, Ann! You may read an excerpt from the work by following the link to the UNP website, above.
As chair of the department I’m in frequent contact with our alumni, men and women who have gone on to an array of careers that — quite frankly — amaze me in their variety and their ambition. I noticed during my first year as chair, however, a puzzling phenomenon: our current majors and former majors…
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…
I know readers of this blog were eagerly awaiting highlights from the department annual report for 2009-10. Drum roll, please. Summary statement: English is a healthy and productive unit that contributes to CCAS and University objectives in teaching, research, and service. Our faculty are highly productive, publishing scholarly and creative writing. As evidenced by course…
If you were sentient last week, you might have noticed the major media storm generated by the release of Yale Law Professor Amy Chua’s book Hymn of the Tiger Mother. It has been excerpted, dissected, talked about, blogged about, and contested, and has pushed Asian American families (or at least one construct of them) into…
With the class of 2009 now safely out of GW’s hallowed (and under construction) halls, now is the perfect time to provide departing English majors with reassurance in the form of another Featured Alumnus blog post. Our subject this week is Mark Olshaker, a 1972 graduate of the GW English Department. As you’ll find, Mr….
Please join us on Thursday September 17 at 4PM for our inaugural event of the 2009-10 year, a seminar entitled “Messianic Time and the Untimely” Three papers will be pre-circulated by email on September 1, and should be read in advance by all who plan to attend. On September 17, we will have short presentations…