H. G. Carrillo, “Andalucía”

Our Spring 2011 Newsletter: Clearly something to applaud! As I write, the English office is quieter than usual, but not because no one getting work done. Rather, everyone is hunkered down: faculty are busy reading and grading; students are even busier writing papers and studying for final exams, which end this Monday, May 9. For…

Here’s a suggestion. Here’s another. And another. And then you can have these books signed by MICHAEL CHABON himself on Monday, March 23 at 7 PM in the Jack Morton Auditorium. Chabon will be introduced by Edward P. Jones, will read from his work, and will be interviewed live by Faye Moskowitz. Book signing follows….

This photo was photoshopped for this blog, but only because I took it with my cell phone last year. (It’s still a bit blurry, as you can see.) Remember the wall of Post-It Notes we had on the 7th floor of Rome Hall last year? Well, this is an authentic note that an anonymous student…

[illustration: from the Library of Congress’s rare books collection: The Book of Urizen by William Blake] GW alumnus Malcolm O’Hagan (class of 1966) has kindly arranged for a small group of GW students to have a behind-the-scenes tour of the Library of Congress, and the chance to admire up close some of its most precious…

A June 4 Time magazine cover story about the influence of Lenore Romney on her son Mitt’s political career notes that she was a English major at George Washington University, earning her degree in 3 years. Lenore Romney graduated in 1929. Like mother, like son: In 1971, Mitt graduated from Brigham Young University with highest…

In May we honored our graduating seniors and MA and PhD students. But we’re also please to have two of our faculty member honored for their teaching. Holly Dugan, assistant professor of English, is the recipient of a Bender Teaching Award for outstanding teaching for the year 2011, in the general recognition category. Endowed by…