Haiku Contest Winners

As President of the Residence Hall Association, Mike Massaroli is not only a junior studying Political Science, but he is a legitimate GW Celebrity.  AND, he cares about poetry.  Kenny Hoffman recently interviewed Mike about his favorite poem, Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s “Casey at the Bat,” and how poems figure into the life of the RHA.   THE…

Professor Daniel DeWispelare Publishes First Book, Multilingual Subjects: On Standard English, Its Speakers, and Others in the Long Eighteenth Century I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniel about his new book and we had an engaging and edifying conversation about the process of creating this now-tangible text:                …

Assistant Professor Jennifer Chang NPR has been asking poets to talk about their summers by reading their poems.  We’re pleased that our very own Professor Jennifer Chang was among the poets they chose. The interview begins with a brief discussion of a time when Professor Chang was asked to submit a poem to the New…

Please join the English Department in congratulating our very own, Professor Jennifer Chang, on her most recent accomplishments! Professor Chang is this year’s Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Reward Recipient! This prestigious award is given to a single US poet who has published a book of their poetry via a small publishing house….

Congratulations to Samsara Counts, winner of the Citizen Day poetry contest!  Citizen Day was held in honor of Claudia Rankine’s visit to GWU as a call for students to write about what it means to be “citizens” at GWU in a time of political/racial polarization.  The Citizen Project emphasizes the importance of creating a space where student…

Read more here from the Washington Post’s feature article about creative writing professor Louis Bayard’s most recent novel Roosevelt’s Beast. Congratulations! Share on FacebookTweet