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Early April News Round-Up
Prof. Margaret Soltan has been asked to be part of the second cohort of professors to give lectures at Udemy, a new MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Her first lecture, “Poetry and the Arrest of Life,” is here. (Scroll down to “poetry.”) Publisher’s Weekly gave Prof. Jane Shore‘s That Said: New and Selected Poems, a starred review….
Snowpocolypse Quips: Your Favorite Snow Quotes!
Well we know what the entire English Department was doing yesterday. Due to the 13 comments I got on the Facebook post yesterday asking for famous literary quotes about snow/despair I found myself googling like mad today to appease you all. So without further ado, here is what this week’s madness reminds you of: Joseph…
Our graduating English majors do amazing things
[Last update May 14, 2010] They….. …. stay at GW for the English Department’s BA/MA program (Laura Feigin) or to attend GW Law School (Amanda Heerwig) …. get a grant to make art in Paris (Anya Firestone) …. work as a legal assistant in a small energy firm in Dupont Circle as a prelude to…
Won’t You Be Our Facebook Friend?
Follow this link and fan us on Facebook. That was an imperative to be obeyed, not a request. And if you are reading this during class, close your laptop and pay attention to your instructor. Geesh. Share on FacebookTweet
Alumni Weekend Open House
If you are an alumnus of the English Department and will be attending the Alumni Reunion Weekend, please stop by the English Department on Friday September 26 from 3-5 PM for our open house. We look forward to welcoming you back! Share on FacebookTweet
Thomas Mallon in the NYT
from Sunday’s Book Review: Thomas Mallon began contributing to the Book Review 25 years ago, just after the publication of “A Book of One’s Own: People and Their Diaries.” Since then, he’s written four other nonfiction books and seven novels, and taken detours into academia, magazine editing and even government bureaucracy (as deputy chairman of…