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Karen Russell, One of New Yorker’s “20 Under 40,” Reads Tonight
Karen Russell, a young American writer who was recently featured in The New Yorker‘s “20 Under 40” list of young American literary talents, reads tonight from her latest work. The reading, the last of the year in the English Department’s Jenny McKean Moore series, is at 8 in the Marvin Center Amphitheater. All are welcome….
English as if it were a Jewish Language: Dara Horn’s Visit to JLL
JEWISH LITERATURE LIVE Many authors’ works are autobiographical, but Dara Horn is glad her own life does not inspire her novels. “I’m happy my life would make a crappy book. You don’t want to live the kind of life that would make a great novel,” she said during her visit to JLL yesterday. However, just…
GWU Sponsors Major DC Creative Writing Conference
NEWS FLASH: GW English is proud to announce that the University is a major sponsor of the 2011 AWP Conference, to be held in Washington from February 2-5. The AWP, or Association of Writers & Writing Programs, is the country’s leading organization of creative writers and creative writing programs, and its annual conference—which takes place…
The Report Is IN: GW English in 2009-10
I know readers of this blog were eagerly awaiting highlights from the department annual report for 2009-10. Drum roll, please. Summary statement: English is a healthy and productive unit that contributes to CCAS and University objectives in teaching, research, and service. Our faculty are highly productive, publishing scholarly and creative writing. As evidenced by course…
Joe Fisher’s “Critical Methods” Blog
Joe Fisher’s student-run blog, entitled “You Made Me Theorize,” is up and running. The blog is a class project of English 120, “Critical Methods.” The course examines the history and diversity of interpretive modes for literature and culture. Professor Fisher invites all readers to follow–and comment on–what will surely be spirited debates about Russian formalism,…
Prof. McRuer’s Students to Hold Symposium Saturday
Attendees at this year’s Mezipatra (which means “mezzanine” in Czech).Can you find any of the GWU students? Once again this year, GWU students had the unique opportunity to join Prof. Robert McRuer in attending Mezipatra, the Czech Queer Film Festival The students in the class will be presenting their work at a one-day symposium Saturday,…