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Here are two blogs by current GW students: one, two. Here is one from a former GW English major. Are there more? What else do GW English Blog readers read, and write? Share on FacebookTweet
The English Department Thanks Its Summer Donors
Alumni, students, parents, faculty and friends generously support the GW English Department through their philanthropy. In amounts ranging from $5 to $30,000, these contributions enable us to have famous writers visit campus, support faculty and undergraduate research, hold special events, and enrich the study and teaching of the humanities at GW. We’d like to recognize…
Professor J. Jack Halberstam in Residence at GW as Wang Distinguished Professor
Photo by Assaf Evron From September 28-October 4, GW’s English Department is pleased to host Professor J. Jack Halberstam as this year’s Wang Distinguised Professor-in-Residence. Halberstam is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies, and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. He is the author of five books, including In a Queer…
Featured Alumna: Rati Bishnoi
We asked GW graduate Rati Bishnoi to let us know what she has been doing since finishing her degree. She writes: Presently I work as a defense reporter here in DC. After graduating in 2003, I set out to pursue a job in journalism and publishing. Before landing at the independent publication “Inside the Pentagon”…
The English Department Thanks Its October Contributors
Our gratitude to those who generously supported us last month: Ms. Jenny Anne Burkholder (1993) Mr. Lawrence M. Dennee (parent) Dr. Richard M. Flynn (1987) Prof. Christopher Sten (faculty) Ms. Jennifer Lyman Wagner (1990) All contributions directly support our department’s mission. You can donate online here. Please make sure that you designate your gift to…
Sparsification of the GW Hippo
At what lean times have we arrived when the blubbery Hippo dwindles in scarcity? (I think the author of this article means “scarce” rather than “sparse”: it isn’t that Hippoparaphernalia is thinly scattered so much as it is ceasing to exist) (or is that the punctilious professor in me speaking?) At any rate, we didn’t…

