Rachael Baird, our inaugural (and wonderful) Communications Liaison for the English Department, is now living in China. Check out her blog and get a glimpse of her life post-GW.
Here’s an invitation to other English majors, current and former: if you have a blog, drop me a line and let me know. We’ll feature a list of them here at the GW English site.
The trompe-l’oeil cover of Tom Mallon’s new novel. GW Today published a lovely piece about Thomas Mallon’s new novel Watergate, which also recently got a stellar review in Washingtonian. And more enthusiastic press is sure to follow. Watch this space! Share on FacebookTweet
The first Wang Visiting Professor in Contemporary English Literature will be Edward P. Jones, an African American author of world fame. A DC resident, Mr. Jones won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2004 for his stunning novel The Known World. Set in rural Virginia before the Civil War, this vividly imagined and beautifully composed…
The English Department is pleased to announce two job searches for this year. One is for the 2012-13 Jenny McKean Moore Visiting Writer-in-Washington, a creative writing position supported for more than 30 years by the Jenny Moore Fund. The genre of this hire changes from year to year. This year’s JMM Visiting Writer is Tim…
… but if you missed out and are not so benighted that you have no interest in reading The Known World by Edward P. Jones come to the English Department main office (Academic Center, Rome Hall 760) right away. We have a few copies that we are willing to part with. They even come with…
Check out this alumna’s cool blog, and follow the link to her poem in Alive. Share on FacebookTweet
The faculty of the English Department extends its very best wishes to our undergraduate majors as they finish their term papers and prepare for final examinations. For those who are completing their stay at GW, we look forward to seeing you at the CCAS Celebration, at Commencement … and especially at our annual reception for…
