MG Lord is a cultural critic and writer. Her books include Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll and Astroturf: The Private Life of Rocket Science, among other publications. She also worked as a political cartoonist for Newsday. She is Assistant Professor of the practice of English at University of Southern California. Join us for her reading December…
Matt Klam’s first novel, Who is Rich?, explores writing conferences, infidelity, and social class. It’s an excellent follow-up to his short story collection, Sam The Cat. He reads at 5:30 pm, November 1st in Gelman 702.
Professor David L. Eng David L. Eng (Gay) Panic Attack: Coming Out in a Colorblind Age Thursday, October 18, 4:45-6 Marvin Center 402-404 Details: Contact pattychu@gwu.edu David Eng Writes: This talk is drawn from my forthcoming book, Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans (Duke UP, 2018), coauthored with psychotherapist Shinhee Han….
Creative Writing and Africana Studies present media storyteller, Nyssa Chow, Wednesday, October 17th at 6:30 pm in Gelman 702.
Eli Clare, portrait by Riva Lehrer The University Writing Program, English Department, and Disability Support Services welcome Eli Clare to GWU on Wednesday October 3rd, when Clare will speak on “Notes on Cure, Disability, and Natural Worlds” at 7 pm in Gelman 702 (The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Room). Through storytelling and critical analysis, Eli Clare explores the…
The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series welcomes poet Lindsay Bernal. She is the winner of the 2017 National Poetry Series Competition.
Lisa Duggan New York University Welcome to the Fall 2018 semester! The English Department is happy to announce that our first big event of the semester will take place on Friday, September 7, at 3 PM, in Marvin Center 302. Please join us for a presentation by Professor Lisa Duggan of New York University. This…
Join us for a roundtable and Q&A with three GW alums on how to use your Liberal Arts education in the professional World. It takes place on Friday, April 6th, at 2pm in Gelman 702. Paula Mejia (English and Creative Writing B.A., 2013; English M.A., 2014): A writer and also an Associate Editor at Atlas…
The English department presents a Jenny 2 Reading Event, featuring two writers, Frederick Pollack and James Mattson. The event, on March 29th, begins at 5:00 pm in Bell Hall, Room 108. Frederick Pollack, an adjunct professor of creative writing here at GW, published in 2015, a collection of his poetry. A Poverty of Words features 92 poems…
Join us for the next Jenny McKean Moore Readings Series Event, featuring fiction writer, Amber Sparks. This event has been rescheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 20th, at 7:30 in the Monroe Building, Room 110. Sparks’ most recent work, The Unfinished World: and Other Stories, is a collection of short fiction that, as Amazon…
