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While the blog took a hiatus over Winter Break, that did not mean those affiliated with the GW English Department also took time off. Instead our faculty and students started off 2010 with three new publications!Dolen Perkins-Valdez, a former Ph.D student, just published her work of historical fiction, Wench. Undergraduate Tarek Al-Hariri’s work was featured…
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We will have two very special versions of English 182 this coming spring. More information will follow here, but for the time being, here is the application. Applications may be submitted until the course roster has been completed, but we urge students to turn in their applications by Nov. 7 if at all possible. We…
ENGL 185.10 Lorraine Hansberry and 20th-Century Black Intellectual and Cultural History Lorraine Hansberry is most famous for her perennially popular play Raisin in the Sun, most recently revived (in 2008) by Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad, and Audre McDonald, in an ABC television special. But in her brief life (she died at age 35), Hansberry produced…
Both these classes are taught by Professor Jennifer James. 185. 10 TR 12.45-2Slavery, Memory and History in Black Women’s WritingThis course explores how black women’s literature of the 20th and 21st century recalls and revises the memory and history of slavery in the Carribean and the U.S. The readings will range from fiction and memoir…
Please join us for a book launch celebration José Esteban Muñoz Wang Visiting Professor of Contemporary English Literature Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity Thursday November 12 2 PMEnglish Department Seminar RoomRome Hall 771 Professor Muñoz will read from and discuss his new book. Champagne, sparkling cider, and snacks will be served….