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If you, like me, forgot to turn your television to the News Hour on Valentine’s Day to listen to poet and GW faculty member Jane Shore read Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art” — despair not! You can watch the entire performance via streaming video here. And, for your enjoyment, the poem itself. One Art The…
What Can I Do with an English Major? A Lot!
On Saturday, September 27, GW English is convening an afternoon symposium with six of our illustrious alums to talk about the many career paths available to students majoring in English. Join us for a conversation and reception as we hear from a speechwriter, a journalist, a dancer and choreographer, a filmmaker, an educator, and a…
Reading with Disability Novelist Susan Nussbaum
The English Department is excited to host a reading and Q&A with disability novelist Susan Nussbaum. Susan is the author of the acclaimed book, “Good Kings Bad Kings”. The zoom session will be held in accordance with the advanced undergraduate class on Disability Studies currently being taught by professor David Mitchell today from 5-7pm. This…
An Alyssa Hard Event: Perfumed Letters
Perfumed Letters: a roundtable discussion of perfume & literature Author Alyssa Harad Friday, February 21st 11-1 pm Marvin Center Rm. 301 The event will be host to: Emily Friedman, Associate Professor of 18th Century English Literature (Auburn University) Alyssa Harad, author of Coming to My Senses: a Story of Perfume, Pleasure & an Unlikely Bride Colleen…
PostSecret Founder Frank Warren at Lisner Auditorium
Friday January 23rd // 07:30 PM // $7 students; $10 public // GWU Lisner Auditorium PostSecret Founder Frank Warren at Lisner Auditorium Tickets are selling out for January’s PostSecret event, featuring website creator Frank Warren! Warren will be speaking at Lisner Auditorium on January 23rd, 2009 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $7 for students, $10 for…
UK Author Courttia Newland to Read at GW
Acclaimed British writer Courttia Newland will read from his work on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. in Funger Hall, Room 220 (2201 G St. NW). The reading is free and open to the public. Here is a brief biography of Newland from the British Council website: Courttia Newland was born in 1973 in…