GW Alumna Kathy Rooney Reads @ GW

As our GW English blog gets rolling again for the semester, don’t forget that you can also keep an eye on the GW Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute (GW MEMSI) at this link.  Our calendar (to the right) will always be updated with MEMSI events, and all the events connected to GW English for…

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I expect GW to issue a press release about this at some point. Until then, here is advanced notice of a literary event coming to an auditorium near you. Poetry Out Loud is a project of the National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation. From the Lisner website: The 2009 Poetry Out Loud National…

The room was packed. Latecomers were forced to stand in the back of the room next to the champagne and chocolate dipped strawberries. To many GW students Thursday is the start of the weekend, but the GW English Department was celebrating for a different reason, the launch of Wang Visiting Professor José Muñoz’s latest book,…

GW MEMSI, the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute, promotes and provides a venue for intellectual inquiry and debate for faculty and students. Headed by English Prof. Jeffrey Cohen, MEMSI sponsors a number of yearly events–including some geared toward the wider community of students and scholars. Here are two upcoming MEMSI events of particular interest:…

Marissa Ciampi is a recent graduate of our English department  who has come back to offer career advice to undergraduates in a series of workshops  on March 26th, April 2nd, and April 10th.  Since her commencement, Marissa has had a series of adventures that have offered her invaluable experience and insight. Margaret Soltan asked her to…