Come hear the inimitable Jane Shore discuss her latest book of poetry A Yes-or-No Answer (Houghton Mifflin, 2008)
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TRANSVISCERAL The George Washington University February 6, 2015 Paper Proposal Deadline: December 12, 2014 Keynote speaker: Sharon P. Holland, Professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Raising the Dead: Reading of Death and (Black) Subjectitivity (2000) and, most recently, The Erotic Life of Racism (2012). In…
Poet Sally Wen Mao Reads April 24 Poet Sally Wen Mao treats words like clay. She molds them into new ideas, even as they retain their original meaning. Language is shaped and adapted in her hands. She also plays with a variety of forms, including field notes, and travelogues. The results are original, ironic and…
Please join us for the inaugural event of the GW Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute (GW MEMSI), a symposium on Touching the Past. The symposium begins at 1:30 in the fourth floor conference room of Phillips Hall (Academic Center, 801 22nd St NW) and lasts until 5. We feature two panels: Session One (moderated…
GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences will give away 1,000 copies of The Known World by Edward P. Jones. A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Washington, D.C., resident, Mr. Jones is the first Wang Visiting Professor in Contemporary English Literature. He will be in residence in the English Department during the entire spring semester of…
The GW English Graduate Student Association Symposium 2017: (re)collections: Tracing Power & Community in Cultural Memory Date: Friday, February 24, 2017 Location: 219 Gelman…
The GW English Department presents Tony Kushner Live!, a series of programs culminating in Tony Kushner’s visit to the GW campus in April. Please join us, and encourage students, colleagues, and community members to attend these exciting events. Below you will find a full schedule of events. Dates and times will also be posted on the…
