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The following ten students will form the inaugural class of English 702. 10 “Studies in Contemporary Literature” (CRN 97032): Rajiv Menon Lauren Kriz Chris Pugh Jessica Wilde Rachael Baird Nai Lee Kalema Elise Kigner Reed Cooley Lisa Francavilla Taylor Brown This one credit reading course will meet on the four Tuesdays in February in Rome…

This just in from Prof. Maria Frawley: the hilarious-acerbic poem about class called “Did I Miss Anything?“ by Canadian poet Tom Wayman. Read the poem online here. And there is a fabulous “FAQ” with the poet about his poem at Canadian Poetry Online, where, among other things, Wayman reflects on why his poem has hit…

You may have seen Gina Welch running around the English Department offices in a pair of green heels. Or perhaps you caught her segment on MSNBC’s Morning Joe last Thursday discussing her new book In the Land of Believers. Maybe you saw her book featured when flipping through the current issue of Oprah’s magazine “O.”…

The English Department welcomes Ariel Sabar, author of the prize-winning My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past, for a reading Tuesday night, April 13, at 7 p.m. in the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom. A Washingtonian, Sabar is a seasoned journalist. He covered the 2008 presidential campaigns for The Christian Science Monitor, and…

Salutations from the new English Department Communications Liaison, Calder Stembel: “Liaison” is the first word on the first page of the first novel by Edward P. Jones. It is also the first word of a less renowned piece: this blog post. On the first of the first of 2009, “Liaison” is the first word of…

You read about it at Ducks and What They Do. Now come attend the small, just for you last reading by Edward P. Jones. Wednesday 4/22 in Phillips 411 Share on FacebookTweet