GW English PhD (’08) Myra Remigio-Leonard is among the DC librarians working to organize a series of events in January titled “Orwellian America.” “Orwellian America is a series of programs focused on government transparency and personal privacy in the digital age during the last two weeks of January. Events include a screening of “The Internet’s…
Sandra Bernhard returns to Jewish Literature Live to begin the semester on Thursday, January 22 UPDATE: Sandra Bernhard’s schedule now requires her to stay in Los Angeles for rehearsals of four episodes of Two Broke Girls. It will be great to see her on the show, but it unfortunately means that her appearance is cancelled for…
TRANSVISCERAL The George Washington University February 6, 2015 Paper Proposal Deadline: December 12, 2014 Keynote speaker: Sharon P. Holland, Professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Raising the Dead: Reading of Death and (Black) Subjectitivity (2000) and, most recently, The Erotic Life of Racism (2012). In…
Join GW English and GW MEMSI next week for the Monstrous Knowledge Symposium! More details available on GW MEMSI’s blog here.
Poet Jericho Brown will be giving at reading at GWU on November 17 A cursory look through some of Jericho Brown’s poetry such as “Heart Condition” or “Langston Blue” reveals a straightforward poetic style that conveys not-so-straightforward themes and emotions. There is an undeniable force behind the words of Brown’s poetry. In a recent interview with the…
This year’s DC Reads selection is Dinaw Mengestu’s The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears. Join GW English’s Aaron Hamburger in a discussion of the book in relation to Washington, DC (particularly the Logan Circle neighborhood) on November 5 at 7 PM. The discussion — and samples of Ethiopian food! — will be at the Takoma…
Bring your own pumpkin and sculpt your masterpiece in the company of GW’s coolest faculty and librarians. Carving implements will be provided along with cookies, cider, and nerdy-cool conversation. Judging begins at 4pm and prizes will be awarded for the best literary adaptation, best team (bring your friends), and best overall pumpkins. Costumes aren’t required,…
