“Modern-day Jane Austen” to read Thursday at 7 p.m.

ByGWEnglish
Allegra Goodman
Novelist Allegra Goodman will be reading at the Marvin Center Amptitheater at 7 p.m. on Thursday as a part of Prof. Faye Moskowitz’s Jewish Literature Live course. The class explores the works of a variety of contemporary Jewish-American authors and features them in class visits and public readings.

Heralded as a “modern-day Jane Austen” by USA Today, Goodman is a National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author. She’ll be reading from and speaking about her latest novel, The Cookbook Collector, considered to be a modern take on Sense and Sensibility. You don’t want to miss this!
– Paula


facebookShare on Facebook
TwitterTweet

Similar Posts

GW NAMES PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR AS FIRST WANG VISITING PROFESSOR IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH LITERATURE

ByGWEnglish

At last, the official press release. GW NAMES PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR AS FIRST WANG VISITING PROFESSOR IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH LITERATURE D.C. Resident Edward P. Jones to Teach and Deliver Public Readings in Spring 2009 WASHINGTON – The George Washington University has named Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Washington, D.C., resident Edward P. Jones as the first…

Some Current Research in the English Department

ByGWEnglish

As you plan your end of the year giving, we hope that you will keep the GW English Department in mind. Here is some of the faculty research that the generosity of our supporters fosters: Jonathan Gil Harris ยท       Shakespeare and Literary Theory (Oxford University Press) to be published in May 2010. Editing collection of essays…

Literary Studies Workshop

ByGWEnglish

Dear English majors, Just a quick reminder that our new workshop series in Literary Studies (ENGL 701-10) is scheduled for later this month and early March. The first workshop, on Working with Archives and Electronic Resources, will meet on Wednesday February 27 between 7:00 and 8:30; it will feature Cathy Eisenhower from the Gelman Library,…