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To All Current English Majors: Welcome Back!
On this, the first day of classes, my colleagues in the English Department and I would like to welcome you back to GW and wish you a good semester. Please subscribe to or bookmark this blog to keep up to date on events and important information about the major. You may also wish to become…
Alumni Open House Today 3-5
Please stop by the English Department office (Rome Hall 760) for tea, cookies, and sherry. If you are a current student, you are welcome to stop by for tea and cookies. We are legally obligated to slap your hand HARD if you reach for the sherry. Share on FacebookTweet
The Faculty Present for Your Viewing Pleasure: These Fine Mornings
This Thursday, November 29th, at 7:30 in Rome 771 your favorite English faculty members will be performing Joelle Biele’s one-act play These Fine Mornings! These Fine Mornings was adapted from Biele’s book Elizabeth Bishop and The New Yorker: The Complete Correspondence. Biele explained that These Fine Mornings was created “pretty organically… I thought my friends and I would just read some…
The Story Behind the Jenny McKean Moore Fund and Writer-in-Residence
“A few years ago the fund endowed the Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington to perpetuity. As long as there are creative writing classes at this university, our students and faculty will be able to profit from the presence on campus of writers like the one we showcase tonight.” -Prof. Faye Moskowitz, in opening the 2002-2003 JMM…
‘Twas the Season
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…
“English with a Jewish Accent:” Howard Jacobson’s Visit to JLL
JEWISH LITERATURE LIVE After a week of being trapped in his hotel room, Howard Jacobson has spoken to more English classes and student groups than he can remember. Tonight he will make a appearance at Hillel and yesterday he finally visited Jewish Literature Live. So surprisingly, the author of Kalooki Nights (probably the most Jewish…