Poet Sally Wen Mao Reads April 24 Poet Sally Wen Mao treats words like clay. She molds them into new ideas, even as they retain their original meaning. Language is shaped and adapted in her hands. She also plays with a variety of forms, including field notes, and travelogues. The results are original, ironic and…
Professor Alexander Kondakov A late addition to our calendar! Next Thursday, Professor Alexander Kondakov of the European University at St. Petersburg will be a special guest in David Mitchell’s Literature of the Americas class. This event is open to the public. Thursday, November 17, 12:45-2 PM in Phillips Hall B156. Disability and Queer-Sexuality in…
Join the GW community on Thursday, April 15th from 12pm-2pm EST for the “Migration, Gender, and Rights in Comics and Literature: Linking the World” symposium! Hosted by GW’s Department of English and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program, this symposium will explore how contemporary graphic narratives and fiction about South Asia, Syria, and the Caribbean…
The Hyman S. and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival begins this Sunday and GW English is pleased to note that our alum David Bruce Smith (BA, 1979) is on the “Local Author Fair” roster for his new book American Hero: John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States. John Marshall was the fourth Chief Justice…
DC author David Baldacci will be having a book launch of his latest thriller True Blue on Wednesday, October 28th at 6pm. The book is about a high profile homicide entangled with the shady side of national security. The launch will be held at the Washington Post Conference Center. Although the event will be open…
A PSA from one of GW’s literary magazines: Le Culte du Moi Winter Issue Launch Party Wednesday, February 4th @ 7pm Mitchell Hall Theatre Free and open to the public Get a free copy of the Winter 2008 issue, share your writings at an open mic, and enjoy French food. We’re not pretentious. We’re post-tentious….
