We have washed and ironed our finery.
We look forward to meeting your families, celebrating your achievements, and wishing you well at commencement.
Thomas Mallon and his CW colleagues offer one-on-one instruction to to aspiring writers. This month’s E-magazine from Columbian College leads with two items about English: a piece about our Creative Writing program, which gives students one-on-one access to accomplished writers, including award winners Edward P. Jones, Thomas Mallon, and Jane Shore; and a piece about…
Brian Becker, one of my favorite former students, writes: I came to Chicago directly after graduation to get an MA in Humanities from the University of Chicago, which wrapped up in 2006, and have since been working in a number of capacities for The Princeton Review–most recently as a trainer of incoming teachers for the…
From today’s Hatchet: Jewish literature lives by Ani MamourianHatchet Reporter For English professor Faye Moskowitz, putting students in contact with authors meant bridging the connection between reader and writer. Moskowitz teaches Jewish Literature Live, a new course that brings contemporary Jewish American authors to campus. Anya Ulinich will read from her novel “Petropolis” this Thursday,…
Happy memories of springtime daffodils? Brooding lines about “The dew that flies/Suicidal“? Sugary fluff that cools the longing for wordplay? Creepy verbal portraiture? We love it all. That’s why the GW English Department is pleased to announce our first annual Student Poetry Contest. Anyone can enter, and the prize (generously donated by a departmental supporter)…
Here’s a suggestion. Here’s another. And another. And then you can have these books signed by MICHAEL CHABON himself on Monday, March 23 at 7 PM in the Jack Morton Auditorium. Chabon will be introduced by Edward P. Jones, will read from his work, and will be interviewed live by Faye Moskowitz. Book signing follows….
Rachel Malis graduated GW last spring, and she’s currently celebrating the publication of her poem “Odessa, Odessos” in the online journal damselflypress.net. In light of this new achievement, we caught up with Rachel to see what else she’s been doing. When did you graduate GW? What was your major?I graduated from GW in the Spring…
