Nadeem Aslam “Book Club”

O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night is in production at Arena Stage as part of the Eugene O’Neill Festival Members of the GW English department participated in the citywide Eugene O’Neill Festival last week, giving two nights of readings of O’Neill’s early Sea Plays, “Moon of the Caribees,” “In the Zone,” “Long Voyage Home” and “Bound East for Cardiff.” The readings were…

We know that at this time of year many of our readers consider which organizations to support through their philanthropy. We hope that you will consider making an end of the year gift to the GW English Department … and we would like to think that the liveliness of this blog has made evident to…

If you’re reading this and will be in New York on Thursday night, May 20, come cheer on GW creative writing Professor Jane Shore as she accepts the prestigious Poets’ Prize for her 2008 book A Yes-or-No Answer at the Nicholas Roerich Museum at 319 West 107 Street. The $3,000 prize is awarded to the…

I’m heading to New York tomorrow for the annual Pop Music Conference, which for ten years running now has been sponsored by the Experience Music Project Museum in Seattle. The PopCon, as it’s known, brings together scholars, music journalists, writers, and musicians to talk pop music, then and now, during a fun-filled weekend. This year,…

I read in the Hatchet that this sly poem by Robert Frost was a favorite of Jon’s, and that he could at a very young age recite it from memory. I offer it here in his memory. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler,…

This past fall saw the inaugural class of the Folger-GW Undergraduate Research Seminar. Focused on “Books and Early Modern Culture,” the seminar is the first offering of the new Undergraduate Program at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The seminar was developed with the support of the Dean’s office of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences…