MARK YOUR CALENDAR: OCTOBER 23

Spring 2012 will mark the fourth iteration of Jewish Literature Live, the unique course in which students read the works by writers who then visit their classroom for an intimate discussion. As before, each author visiting campus will give a free public reading. This year, the inimitable Prof. Faye Moskowitz has assembled a line-up of writers…

I know I talk and write about this issue a great deal: I am passionate about it, because it is so central to my department’s mission and future.  The English Department has everything in place to be the envy of the Ivy League: excellent undergraduate majors, a world-class faculty whose research and creative work are…

A group of English graduate students has just announced the debut of a new online open-access journal Prefix. The journal has a clean, sleek look and a cool logo (see above). According to its mission statement, Prefix provides an open forum for graduate student work, including work-in-progress, and encourages reader interaction with its postings. It…

Alex Frank is a graduating senior who’s working on his thesis with Prof. Wald. Below is Alex’s description of his current work. [My] thesis is about the philosophy, art, and life of jazz musician Sun Ra through the lens of various contemporary critical theories. Sun Ra thought human beings would have to travel to another…

[illustration: gang of festive t-shirt wearers in English Department main office. Note the angelic backlight that illuminates all who wear our official shirt.] So Christina Katopodis took us literally: she sent a picture of her GW English T shirt on a houseplant — a shrub named “Gertrude” (though wouldn’t it make more sense to name…

You know how on Saint Patrick’s Day you may pinch anyone not wearing green? On T Shirt Tuesday you may pinch anyone not wearing a GW English Department Official T Shirt. That would be tomorrow, if you are reading this today. Show some pride, demonstrate your sophistication, and make political science majors feel excluded by…