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“Children of the Sea”
As I write, the news coming out of Haiti is unutterably sad. This small island nation, despite its proud history, has been battered again and again by disasters both natural and man-made. No doubt the poverty of Haiti is one reason the earthquake that struck near the capital, Port-au-Prince, has taken and will take such…
Special One Credit “Book Club” with Howard Jacobson
Renowned British novelist Howard Jacobson will be our third GW-British Council Writer in Residence during February 2010. Like Suhayl Saadi and Nadeem Aslam before him, Mr. Jacobson will read four works of his choosing with students and discuss them informally over four Tuesday nights. Upon completion of the course students will turn in 5 pages…
From Alumni Relations
The Office of Alumni Relations launched the redesigned GW Alumni website. You can view the redesigned site at http://alumni.gwu.edu/index.cfm. Alumni, please update your contact information: www.alumni.gwu.edu/update. And do not forget the following: — Free lifetime email accounts, powered by Google (http://alumni.gwu.edu/benefits/email/index.html) — Alumni Travel program 2009 destinations (http://alumni.gwu.edu/benefits/education/travel/index.html) — Alumni Course Audit program (http://alumni.gwu.edu/benefits/education/courseaudit/index.html) Share…
The English Department Thanks …
… its recent benevolent, awesome, outstanding, pure of heart, righteous, sophisticated, godlike donors. Among those who have contributed to our department’s mission recently are: Courtney Wang (2007) Olga Tsyganova (2007) Jenny Anne Burkholder (1993) I find it especially heartening when our recent alumni donate — especially because I suspect they are still paying off their…
“Evil” Inspires (When Taught by Prof. Carrillo)
Had you taken Prof. Carrillo’s class on “Evil,” you, too, could have written about Marilyn Manson. For this post, I’ll just quote at length from GW student Ali Peters, writing in Monday’s Hatchet: It began with Marilyn Manson. One of my first college assignments was to dissect the lyrics to “The Beautiful People.” For a kid…
Mary Ellen Dingley Wins GW Academy of American Poets College Prize
Senior Mary Ellen Dingley won this year’s AAP Prize. This year’s Academy of American Poets College Prize at GW has been awarded to Mary Ellen Dingley. Founded in 1934, the Academy supports poets in all stages of their careers and works to foster an appreciation of contemporary poetry. The judges–Profs. Jane Shore, Mary-Sherman Willis,…