Nyssa Chow Presentation October 17
Creative Writing and Africana Studies present media storyteller, Nyssa Chow, Wednesday, October 17th at 6:30 pm in Gelman 702.
Eli Clare, “Notes on Cure,” October 3
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…
Lindsay Bernal Reads for the Jenny McKean Moore Series September 27
The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series welcomes poet Lindsay Bernal. She is the winner of the 2017 National Poetry Series Competition.
Lisa Duggan to Speak September 7
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…
An English Department Sponsored Event: Putting Your Liberal Arts Degree to Work
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 Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Presents: Frederick Pollack & James Mattson
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…
The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Presents: Amber Sparks
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…
Honors and English Students to Hold Public Symposium December 9
Still from Floating Skyscrapers (2013), Tomasz Wasilewski, dir. Professor Robert McRuer taught two courses in the interdisciplinary field of LGBT studies this fall, and students in both classes will be coming together on Saturday, December 9, to present their work-in-progress. Students from both “Transnational Queer Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures” (English 3980W) and “Intro to LGBT Studies”…
The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Presents: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series picks up again this Thursday, on November 9th, with a reading from New York Times Bestselling Author, Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Her latest book, Balm, has received widespread acclaim. The Washington Post wrote, “In gorgeous, compassionate prose, Perkins-Valdez continues our national conversation about people working together to heal our communities,” and…
Stay Lit: 10/19-10/22 Weekend Happenings in DC for the English Major
This week’s edition of Stay Lit is all about film! Reel Affirmations is DC’s International LGBTQ Film Festival and it starts tonight and goes until Sunday. Held at the Gala Hispanic Theatre this festival will feature documentaries, shorts, and feature films. It starts tonight at 7pm with the feature film Signature Move, which won top…