From an alumna: chuckle for the day

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,…

Yesterday’s The Writer’s Almanac on NPR featured a reading of one of Jane Shore’s poems, “Shopping Urban.” Professor Shore teaches poetry writing here in the English Department. Her widely acclaimed book A Yes-or-No Answer was published last spring. “Shopping Urban” is from that volume. Many readers of this blog heard Jane read the poem at…

The latest issue of Conjunctions (“The Death Issue: Writers Meditate in Fiction, Essays, and Poetry on the Inevitable”) features a short story entitled “Andalucía” by our own H. G. Carrillo. Share on FacebookTweet

If you are on Facebook, you may want to check out a new way to give GW English gifts. What could be better in these dismal economic times than virtual tchokes that cost you $0.00? Is the English Department good to you or what? Share on FacebookTweet

The English Department welcomes our alumnus, Jason Filardi (’93) back to campus in Spring 2009. A successful writer and producer now residing in Los Angeles, Jason has agreed to teach a course called “Screenwriting” (English 182.10) that will admit fifteen lucky undergraduates. The application form is here and can also be picked up in the…

A Special Alumni EventPlease join the English Department for a panel discussion on “Literature in a Global Age,” the past and future of writing in English. A panel of authors and critics will lead a lively discussion of literature familiar and new, exploring the art that happens when cultures meet — and clash. The panel…