Graduate Program in English: Rising Prestige

From Professor McAleavey’s Intermediate Poetry 104 class comes this poem from sophomore Amelia Trask. Milky Waythe night is strungwith storm clouds,dark stained black in blots,edges dissolving into the wet. within four walls,the closeness ofpen-tipped stipples,contraction of muscle, theflushing of Mars reddened,braided skin, your fingers kissedwith familiar swirls: the Milky Way printed,pressed against me. outside the…

The faculty of the English Department voted unanimously yesterday to adopt the following as our mission statement: The English Department of the George Washington University is a research-active community of scholars and creative writers. We prize excellence in teaching, publication, and service. We engage with a diversity of texts within a global and transnational context….

So were going to have our First Annual T-Shirt Thursday Extravaganza this Thursday. As it turns out, though, we did not give students and faculty enough time to order their T-shirts from Zazzle. Also, “T-Shirt Thursday” does not alliterate. SO ORDER YOUR SHIRT NOW. We are about to discontinue this model, so you will be…

The English Department had its gala Festivus event yesterday afternoon, and, no, we did not have peppermint martinis. In fact, the image above is there because I neglected to take any photos of the festivities. I was far too busy partaking of the delicious spread provided by my colleagues and laughing over the Department Trivia…

If you are a current GW undergraduate and you had the chance to meet our GW-British Council Writer in Residence Suhayl Saadi, would you please take this very brief survey? We’d be extremely grateful. Share on FacebookTweet

The GW English Department congratulates alumnus Jason Filardi on the premiere of his new film 17 Again. Jason is currently teaching a screenwriting course for 15 lucky GW undergraduates. He is also an incredibly nice guy who happens to be a natural in the classroom. Good luck with the film, Jason! Share on FacebookTweet