Nadeem Aslam “Book Club”

The faculty of the English Department of the George Washington University welcomes all of our students to campus and to class. Best wishes for a very successful year. Share on FacebookTweet

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the attacks on 9/11, GW English student blogger and military veteran Joe Mancinik delivered some remarks for a ceremony on the Foggy Bottom campus of the George Washington University. This piece is about his experience. Before I knew it I had volunteered. Again. The first time I…

Salutations from the new English Department Communications Liaison, Calder Stembel: “Liaison” is the first word on the first page of the first novel by Edward P. Jones. It is also the first word of a less renowned piece: this blog post. On the first of the first of 2009, “Liaison” is the first word of…

Now that you’ve been filled in on the life of Jenny McKean Moore, it’s time to meet this year’s Writer-in-Residence! Come out this evening to hear Tilar Mazzeo as she reads from her forthcoming book The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World’s Most Famous Perfume. The event begins at 8…

Prof. Evelyn Schreiber brought this cake to the department lounge today. It’s one layer of a birthday cake made to celebrate Toni Morrison’s 80th birthday at the Library of Congress last year. (This layer spent a year in Prof. Schreiber’s freezer.) Here is the cake in its original incarnation: This layer represents Morrison’s latest novel,…

Each year I am asked by the university to compose a report on the goals and achievements of the English Department. I thought that readers of this blog might be interested to see the document I’ve sent to the dean. It’s been a good year! ———– English Departmental Annual Report (2007-08)Prepared by Jeffrey J. Cohen,…