Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, “Death and the Subaltern”

We scholars publish much that can be described charitably as dry. It’s a pleasure to post here some scholarship that is not only moist, it is also sweet and beautiful. Below you will find a recipe that Professor of English Ann Romines created from references in Eudora Welty’s Delta Wedding. Professor Romines also provides a…

We know that you are going to see Rosemarie Garland-Thomson on Friday. We offer the following quotation from her brand new book Staring: How We Look to whet your appetite. Staring is profligate interest, stunned wonder, obsessive ocularity. The daily traffic reports capture staring’s disruptive potential with the term “rubbernecking,” a canny summation of our…

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In anticipation of Michael Chabon reading at GW on March 23 at 7 PM (Jack Morton Auditorium, SMPA), I offer this piece that I composed back in 2006. I was in the third grade when I first read this book, and already suffering the changes, the horns, wings and tusks that grow on your imagination…

Eric Alexander Brichto, a current student at GW, for his recent and generous donation. We’re truly grateful that someone who is still paying university tuition would think enough of us to support our mission. Thanks, Eric! Please stop by my office at your convenience and we can talk about that summa cum laude you asked…

Annie Kelly writes: After graduating from GW in May I got a job working for Senator John McCain’s Presidential campaign as the Director of Administration. I am responsible for operations and logistics of the national campaign office as well as the satellite offices in primary states. It is long hours, a lot of work, and…