H. G. Carrillo, “Andalucía”
The latest issue of Conjunctions (“The Death Issue: Writers Meditate in Fiction, Essays, and Poetry on the Inevitable”) features a short story entitled “Andalucía” by our own H. G. Carrillo.
The latest issue of Conjunctions (“The Death Issue: Writers Meditate in Fiction, Essays, and Poetry on the Inevitable”) features a short story entitled “Andalucía” by our own H. G. Carrillo.
[fig 1: The IMDb doesn’t know what Dante looks like]by J J Cohen So John Filardi, an alumnus of the GW English Department, is here teaching a course on screenwriting, focused upon comedy. By all accounts it has been a terrific class. Today he invited Emmanuella Chiriqui (Sloan from Entourage) to his class. When I…
The GW English Department congratulates alumnus Jason Filardi on the premiere of his new film 17 Again. Jason is currently teaching a screenwriting course for 15 lucky GW undergraduates. He is also an incredibly nice guy who happens to be a natural in the classroom. Good luck with the film, Jason! Share on FacebookTweet
Jane Shore recommended this poem by W. D. Snodgrass, written in 1959. April Inventory The green catalpa tree has turnedAll white; the cherry blossoms once more.In one whole year I haven’t learnedA blessed thing they pay you for.The blossoms snow down in my hair;The trees and I will soon be bare. The trees have more…
Professor Gayle Wald is once again teaching her very successful English 40W, Literature of the Americas. She was recently thumbing through old GW Bulletins and reports on her archival work: In preparation for ENGL 40, our Literature of the Americas class, I decided to look at GWU Bulletins once a decade, beginning in 1918-1919 and…
If you have been to a GW basketball game or a rained-out Fall Fest, you probably recognize the name Smith. “Smith” might be the most common surname in the United States, but it also has an illustrious history at GW. The Smith Center is named after D.C. real estate developer and GWU benefactor Charles E….
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,…