Grady Chambers on September 19 as the Jenny McKean Moore Series begins

Join us for New Writing from South Asia! The Fall for the Book Festival and the The Writer’s Center in Bethesda hosts its first South Asian literary afternoon on Saturday October 3rd 2015. The event will kick off at 2 pm with a panel discussion on gender, visual culture, and public space, with our very own Professor Kavita Daiya (who this…

English majors!  Professors Tony López and Daniel DeWispelare invite you to attend the Critical Methods Symposium and Party on Friday, 4/25, at 11 am in Rome 771.  Share on FacebookTweet

English graduate students at GW are a busy and productive group. In addition to the usual–taking classes, studying for and taking graduate exams, writing master’s and PhD theses, teaching and TAing–they do a tremendous amount of work organizing social and academic activities. These include research discussion groups, dissertation reading groups, and the occasional EGSA night…

Poet and faculty member Jane Shore will appear on The Newshour this Thursday night. She will be reading Elizabeth Bishop poems to accompany Lloyd Schwartz’s interview about editing the Elizabeth Bishop Library of America volume coming out on Valentine’s Day. Share on FacebookTweet

The 2017-2018 Jenny McKean Moore recipient, Sally Wen Mao, will be reading from her latest book, Mad Honey Symposium, on September 14th in Gelman Library (Room 702) at 7:30 pm. National Book Award Winner Terrance Hayes says of Mao’s debut: “The luminous image of a mouth ‘digesting light’ and later spitting ‘the light out because it…

Job Search Workshop: The Candidates’ Perspective Monday September 11 @ 11:00-12:00  Phillips 111 — Modulized CV, cover letter, writing sample, recommendation letters, teaching philosophy   — Your digital footprint (presence)   — Dealing with factors in your favor or against you: disability, race, gender, class, religion, age   Job Search Workshop: The Employers’ Perspective Monday September 18 @ 11:00-12:00…