Sassi Riar is taking Prof. Pollack’s Intermediate Poetry 104 class.
Drawing a Line
He had to crouch to sniff white.
It took a toll on his posture,
As if pulling him to the ground
Where he went after.
His fingers, once colorful,
Now pale from powder,
Forgot all the notes they had played.
Silence was louder.
He picked at the strings to make tunes,
Drew lines that muffled laughter
On the back of the onyx wood
That used to make him prouder.
This upcoming spring, two GW English PhD candidates will be teaching a series of unique classes that will be of particular interest to our undergrads. With registration just around the corner, now is a great time to learn about the special topics these classes cover! Maureen Kentoff will be teaching ENGL 3840.11- Women, Place & Time…
The English Department is pleased to announce that our second annual Distinguished Lecture in Literary and Cultural Studies will be delivered by Prof. Sara Ahmed, Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmith’s College, University of London. Ahmed is the author of scores of articles and essays and several books, including Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects,…
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) Share on FacebookTweet
[fig 1: The IMDb doesn’t know what Dante looks like]by J J Cohen So John Filardi, an alumnus of the GW English Department, is here teaching a course on screenwriting, focused upon comedy. By all accounts it has been a terrific class. Today he invited Emmanuella Chiriqui (Sloan from Entourage) to his class. When I…
The English Department welcomes Ariel Sabar, author of the prize-winning My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past, for a reading Tuesday night, April 13, at 7 p.m. in the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom. A Washingtonian, Sabar is a seasoned journalist. He covered the 2008 presidential campaigns for The Christian Science Monitor, and…
Our very own Jane Shore will be judging, along with writer/radio personality Garrison Keiller and actor Alfre Woodard. Host is John Leguizamo. The poetry recitation competition gets going at 7 p.m., but Prof. Shore notes that it’s better to get there EARLY. Share on FacebookTweet
