Through the generosity of a GW donor, the English Department will hold a competition this spring for the best student poem. The contest will be open to all students, graduate and undergraduate, regardless of major. We will award this substantial prize annually for the next five years.
So, get writing.
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Here are two blogs by current GW students: one, two. Here is one from a former GW English major. Are there more? What else do GW English Blog readers read, and write? Share on FacebookTweet
English majors are everywhere. They work in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. They work in business, law, public relations, government, development, criminal justice, healthcare, IT, and education. Occasionally they even become English professors. Alum Michael Bennett is one of those GW English majors who decided he hadn’t had enough after earning his BA in…
A few years ago GW initiated a Writing in the Disciplines (WID) program to ensure that the attention to writing given in the first year of study continues thereafter. I’m naturally skeptical of all initiatives, especially when they come bearing acronyms, but I have to say that the WID program is very well thought out…
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…
Judith Plotz is amazing, but you already knew that. One of our most beloved faculty members is retiring this year because, as she puts it, “Well, I thought I better retire when people were surprised I did rather than when it wasn’t surprising.” Jokes aside, Prof. Plotz has been inspiring students to follow their passions…
We get excited about many things in the GW English Department. Our objects of affection range from guest lecturers to free copies of books being doled out. So naturally our enthusiasm has only doubled with the addition of the British novelist Howard Jacobson to our staff next semester as a visiting professor. Not only do…
