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Tayari Jones on Kirk Larsen
Former Jenny McKean Moore Writer in Residence Tayari Jones — one of the most beloved teachers ever to fill that position — maintains a lively blog. Recently she wrote about one of our own undergraduate English majors, Kirk Larsen, describing him as “one of my genius undergraduates.” If you follow that link, you will see…
Tara Wallace attends The School for Scandal
Well, not just attends … she also explicates and converses. Event information below. What’s On at the Folger Keeping Up Appearances Folger Theatre: The School for Scandal In Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comic masterwork, things are not what they seem. As director Richard Clifford notes, “People seem greater than they are as the veneer of respectability…
JJC @ Gelman (Thursday 2/12)
Horn tooting of the worst kind. Click on image to enlarge. Jeffrey J. Cohen Chair of the Department of English, Director of GW Medieval & Early Modern Studies Institute,Professor of English and Human Sciences Professor Cohen received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University. He has an M.A. in English…
Inauguration Weekend
by J J Cohen So you may have heard that the DC area has gone a bit overboard in prepping for the Inauguration and its attendant hoopla. All bridges to Virginia, for example, will be closed — apparently to prevent Karl Rove from leaving his home in Arlington and mingling with the multitudes. I am…
The English Department Thanks Its October Contributors
Our gratitude to those who generously supported us last month: Ms. Jenny Anne Burkholder (1993) Mr. Lawrence M. Dennee (parent) Dr. Richard M. Flynn (1987) Prof. Christopher Sten (faculty) Ms. Jennifer Lyman Wagner (1990) All contributions directly support our department’s mission. You can donate online here. Please make sure that you designate your gift to…
Cultural Diversity in the British Middle Ages
Nice cover, eh? I like the little man peering out of the tower best. And if a volume possesses a cover, it must be real. There’s a smallish problem: the author line is supposed to read “Edited By Jeffrey Jerome Cohen.” I’m told the error will be swiftly fixed. The book is on schedule for…