[illustration: Ellis Haizlip talks to Amiri Baraka in a promotional image for “Soul!”] “Soul!” was a groundbreaking TV variety show that aired on PBS from 1968-73. Originating at WNET in New York, the program featured an astonishingly broad range of black and Latino performers, many of who had never been on TV before. “Soul!“ presents…
Max Ticktin, Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at the George Washington University, is the scholar in residence at Adas Israel March 20-22. He will be introduced by the English Department’s own Faye Moskowitz. Information here, or click on the image at left. Free.
It’s time to reveal a secret: I’m not actually an English major. My major is Dramatic Literature, which I like to describe as the lovechild of GW’s English and Theatre departments. As a DramaLit major, I try to see a performance in the District every month or so. In February, I saw a wonderfully intimate…
Earlier this morning I directed your attention to one article from The Hatchet. Now let me call your attention to another, in which it is revealed that the chair of the Sociology Department is also a crime busting superhero. Note to all English Department faculty, students, and alumni: you will never read an article in…
From today’s Hatchet: Jewish literature lives by Ani MamourianHatchet Reporter For English professor Faye Moskowitz, putting students in contact with authors meant bridging the connection between reader and writer. Moskowitz teaches Jewish Literature Live, a new course that brings contemporary Jewish American authors to campus. Anya Ulinich will read from her novel “Petropolis” this Thursday,…
Happy memories of springtime daffodils? Brooding lines about “The dew that flies/Suicidal“? Sugary fluff that cools the longing for wordplay? Creepy verbal portraiture? We love it all. That’s why the GW English Department is pleased to announce our first annual Student Poetry Contest. Anyone can enter, and the prize (generously donated by a departmental supporter)…
Here’s a suggestion. Here’s another. And another. And then you can have these books signed by MICHAEL CHABON himself on Monday, March 23 at 7 PM in the Jack Morton Auditorium. Chabon will be introduced by Edward P. Jones, will read from his work, and will be interviewed live by Faye Moskowitz. Book signing follows….
If you have been to a GW basketball game or a rained-out Fall Fest, you probably recognize the name Smith. “Smith” might be the most common surname in the United States, but it also has an illustrious history at GW. The Smith Center is named after D.C. real estate developer and GWU benefactor Charles E….
[illustration: the view from the Academic Center at 7:28 AM]Not. Despite both my kids wearing their pajamas inside-out last night, the snow gods saw fit only to shower upon us a modicum of white fluff. Classes before 10 AM are canceled. Mine is at 11:10, so it looks like I’ll be teaching. Not that I…
The author of The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Summerland, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh — and MORE — will read from his work and then be interviewed live by Professor Faye Moskowitz. Michael Chabon will be introduced by Edward P. Jones, GW’s first Wang Professor of Contemporary Literature….
