Jane Shore, “This One,” in The New Yorker
We’re happy to share Jane Shore’s new poem, “This One,” now in both the print and online version of the current issue of The New Yorker!
You can access the poem at The New Yorker’s website here.
We’re happy to share Jane Shore’s new poem, “This One,” now in both the print and online version of the current issue of The New Yorker!
You can access the poem at The New Yorker’s website here.
A week from today Professor Margaret Soltan will be delivering the first in a series of three lectures at the Georgetown Public Library. Full information, including registration information for this event (free and open to the public), is below! Professor Margaret Soltan The lectures will be offered on three Saturdays:Lecture One: Winter kept us warm: Poetry…
“In restrospect, I wouldn’t major in anything else”: we continue here our series reporting on GW English Alums and their successes. Writer Jack Sussek, who graduated from GW “when Washington was still a sleepy town, [and] when K Street was simply the name of a downtown street no more significant than G,” has published his…
“I think we need to be really mindful. This is not only historic, all of us in this room, but this is divine intervention at its most astonishing. I am of a generation where this would not only be impossible but illegal.” Alexandra Billings _________________________ Written By M.W. Bychowski _________________________ On Nov 23rd, 2015, I…
The English department is very pleased to introduce readers of this blog to our newest faculty member, Dr. Daniel DeWispelare, who will be joining us as an assistant professor in September. Prof. DeWispelare received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, and does research primarily in the British nineteenth century, with a focus on Romanticism,…
The debates about Massive Open Online Courses continues, and Professor Margaret Soltan continues to be sought after for her thoughts on the subject. She was recently featured talking about her Poetry MOOC in Poets and Writers Magazine: Soltan, who teaches a course through Udemy titled Poetry: What It Is, and How to Understand It, says…
“Sharing my work [at GW], and reading the work of others, critiquing and being constructively critiqued, got me thinking about aspects of writing fiction that I had never thought of before.” – An interview with GW grad Elizabeth Stephens. Elizabeth Stevens has just published her first novel, Population 1. I’m as intrigued by your life story…