SIX days and counting
6 days remain until the Edward P. Jones reading at the Jack Morton Auditorium (Thursday January 29 @ 5 PM). In his GW debut as a scholar of literature, GW President Steven Knapp will introduce Mr. Jones.
The Hippo Lives
In results that surprised everyone me, our poll has declared that the Hippo mascot will LIVE. One hundred and six votes were received, forty-two for execution and sixty-four for preservation. That means 60% of our blog readers like the pudgy beast. Even Obama didn’t win by that kind of margin. So … vive l’hippopotame! Now,…
Happy Day-After-Inauguration
I hope that you enjoyed yesterday’s festivities as much as I did … and I hope that you are not suffering from the same difficulties in transitioning back to the workaday week. If you’d like a glimpse of what inauguration looked like to me and my son, you are welcome to browse my photos (you…
Inauguration Weekend
by J J Cohen So you may have heard that the DC area has gone a bit overboard in prepping for the Inauguration and its attendant hoopla. All bridges to Virginia, for example, will be closed — apparently to prevent Karl Rove from leaving his home in Arlington and mingling with the multitudes. I am…
Kill the Hippo?
Unless you are reading the GWEnglish blog via Facebook, Google Reader, or some other RSS feed compiler, you will notice that to your right we have introduced our very first poll. The question we are asking is nearly cosmic in its importance: should the English Department adopt a new mascot, or is the noncolorful Hippo…
Inaugural poets
Yes we know: the bars are open til the wee hours, and you will be hungover in next Wednesday’s classes. But the inauguration is not just a bacchanal: it is also a literary event, you know.
From an alumna: chuckle for the day
(but we all know where a degree in English lit actually leads) [thanks, Beth Lattin!]
A Note for English Majors
As you know, award winning author Edward P Jones is our first Wang Professor of Contemporary Literature. He will be in residence in the English Department during the entire spring semester. Mr. Jones is a quirky, brilliant man. His novels and short stories are destined to be read for many years into the future. We…
The Countdown Begins: SEVENTEEN
17 days until the Edward P Jones Inaugural Reading at the Jack Morton Auditorium (January 29 at 5 PM).
The English Department Thanks Its December Donors
The following individuals supported the English Department in December. We thank them for their generous support, especially in these difficult economic times. Christine Coleman (1991) Michal Fromer Mufson (2003) Shoshana Moskowitz Grove (1982) Gail Orgelfinger (1972) Janice S. Snow (1968) Christopher Sten (faculty) John George Sussek III (1979)