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From Edward P. Jones, “The Known World”
Now that we have officially announced that Pulitzer-prize winning novelist Edward P. Jones will be our first Wang Visiting Professor in Contemporary English Literature, I want to share with you one of my favorite passages from one of my favorite books. The Known World follows the complicated history that unfolds around a Virginia plantation, owned…
A.B. Yehoshua @ Sixth & I
On Sunday, April 19 at 7:00 pm, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue is hosting A.B. Yehoshua, one of Israel’s most acclaimed authors (Harold Bloom dubbed him the “Israeli Faulkner”). He will be reading from his latest novel, Friendly Fire, and discussing the book with Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic. Tickets are $12…
End of Year Giving
It isn’t too late to earn a tax deduction and to help the English Department be the best it can be during 2009. Your contribution directly supports literature and the arts at GW. Follow this link to contribute. Please make sure you check the last category, “Other,” and designate the English Department. Thank you ……
‘Twas the Season
The English Department had its gala Festivus event yesterday afternoon, and, no, we did not have peppermint martinis. In fact, the image above is there because I neglected to take any photos of the festivities. I was far too busy partaking of the delicious spread provided by my colleagues and laughing over the Department Trivia…
EDWARD P. JONES TO JOIN GW FACULTY
The English Department of the George Washington University is happy to announce that Pulitzer prize winning novelist Edward P. Jones will join our faculty starting next year. Mr. Jones will teach in our creative writing program. For a recent profile, see this article in the Washington Post. Edward P. Jones was the inaugural Wang Visiting…
From The Hatchet: Research Centers Must Mean Science. Or Policy. Or Science Policy.
Emily Cahn reports: The University’s first vice president for research says he hopes to raise the University’s research profile by starting new research centers in the fields of autism, computational biology, science policy, energy, sustainability and neglected diseases. Well, you don’t need to hear it from me again. But you will. Could the day please…