Graduate Program in English: Rising Prestige

Please join us on Thursday September 17 at 4PM for our inaugural event of the 2009-10 year, a seminar entitled “Messianic Time and the Untimely” Three papers will be pre-circulated by email on September 1, and should be read in advance by all who plan to attend. On September 17, we will have short presentations…

We asked GW graduate Rati Bishnoi to let us know what she has been doing since finishing her degree. She writes: Presently I work as a defense reporter here in DC. After graduating in 2003, I set out to pursue a job in journalism and publishing. Before landing at the independent publication “Inside the Pentagon”…

Here is a photograph of acclaimed British writer and public intellectual Howard Jacobson in warmer climes. Howard has been “in residence” since Monday, but the weather gods seem intent on making it impossible for us to hold any classes with him. But we will not be cowed by Snowpocalypse 2010. We are stronger than that.Show…

While not Valentine’s themed, Robert Hass’s “Privilege of Being” is the first poem that jumps to mind when I think of great romantic poetry. For the in-love and love cynics alike, enjoy and Happy Valentine’s Day. Privilege of BeingRobert Hass Many are making love. Up above, the angelsin the unshaken ether and crystal of human…

If you’ve donated money to the department over the past year, you are already on our mailing list (your name should also appear in the “Department Supporters” box to the right: thank you for your generosity! We couldn’t do much of what we undertake without your support). Early in the fall you will receive our…

The GW English Department would like to thank the following benefactors for their generous support this year: Jenny Anne Burkholder (class of 1993) Ross A. Cherry and Catherine L. Omerod (class of 1980) Christine A. Coleman (class of 1991) Dr. Richard M. Flynn (class of 1987) Michal Fromer Mufson (class of 2003) Mr and Mrs…