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Early April News Round-Up
Prof. Margaret Soltan has been asked to be part of the second cohort of professors to give lectures at Udemy, a new MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Her first lecture, “Poetry and the Arrest of Life,” is here. (Scroll down to “poetry.”) Publisher’s Weekly gave Prof. Jane Shore‘s That Said: New and Selected Poems, a starred review….
Gayle Wald on “Soul!”
[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…
The English Department Thanks its Recent Donors
Two faculty members and a student helped us to raise more than two thousand dollars in the last cycle. The money will help with a readings series and with undergraduate and graduate students research projects. We deeply appreciate the generosity of: Natalie Carter (student) David McAleavey (faculty) Tara Wallace (faculty) If you have not contributed…
Jane Shore @ Slate
Check out Jane’s poem “Last Words”: Once the patient stops drinking liquids, he’s gotup to 14 days to live. If he takes even a sipof water, you reset the clock. Eleven days without a drop. The rabbimade his rounds. They stopped herIV and her oxygen. I asked themto please turn off the TV’s live feedto…
Game, Set, MATCH.
Graduate students in GW’s English Department have launched a brand new theory reading group. With the start of classes, they are pleased to announce the first meeting of M.A.T.C.H. (Mobilizing an Active Theory Community in the Humanities), which will be from 5pm to 6pm on Thursday, September 13th. The meeting will commence in the Rome…
JJC @ Gelman (Thursday 2/12)
Horn tooting of the worst kind. Click on image to enlarge. Jeffrey J. Cohen Chair of the Department of English, Director of GW Medieval & Early Modern Studies Institute,Professor of English and Human Sciences Professor Cohen received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University. He has an M.A. in English…