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Associate Professor Antonio López’s first book, Unbecoming Blackness: The Diaspora Cultures of Afro-Cuban America, has just been released by New York University Press.  Professor Ricardo Ortiz of Georgetown University, author of Cultural Erotics in Cuban America, says of the book, “Unbecoming Blackness promises to make a transformative impact on Cuban American Literary Studies; it will certainly…

Caren Calamita graduated from the department in winter 2004 and is fondly remembered by her former professors. We caught up with her in China, from which she writes: I’m currently living in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, with my fiancé, teaching English to middle school students at a boarding school of 3000 students. Living and working…

Professor Margaret Soltan has just returned from Nashville, where she covered the annual convention of the NCAA for the online newspaper Inside Higher Education. Soltan, who attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, was delighted to be a member of the press corps, and especially delighted to take part in a press conference, during which…

From the DC JCCHyman S. and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival September 14-24, 20008 What goes on inside the mind of a great author? Join us for the tenth anniversary Hyman S. and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival, September 14-24, 2008 and find out! Come meet a fascinating array of authors, including French philosopher Bernard-Henri…

Whether you are a graduate of the department, a current English major, or simply an interested reader, we love to hear reader comments. Drop us a line: chair@gwu.edu We’re always looking for suggestions — and volunteers — for our features. We’re particularly interested in expanding our featured alumni section, and in featuring the work, projects…

You may have heard that we have decided to celebrate the successful residency of Edward P. Jones in GW’s English Department with neither a bang nor whisper, but with what might be called a whispered bang. Admittedly that does not sound right. So let’s just say that we are holding an event that does not…