Sana Krasikov Reading Thursday is Last JLL Event of 2011

The poem below is from senior Sam Chiron, who is a Political Science major. Sam is taking Jane Shore’s Advanced Poetry (117W) class, and this poem is the result of a fugue assignment. Spinnning for Jessica the teacher is a spinning smile is too skinny spinning yelling “keep spinning”i am spinning, the teacher is spinning,…

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Members of the Class of 2010 and their guests are cordially invited to celebrate with the English Department on May 15 from 1:30-3 p.m. in Phillips 411 (note changed time and location). A short program, including greetings, the announcement of departmental awards, and poetry recitations for the occasion, will commence at 2 p.m. Light refreshments…

A couple of weeks ago, I received the following email: “Dear Employers,” it reads. “As we plan for National Student Employment Week (April 9 – 13, 2012) we’d like to hear what your office has done in the past to recognize your student employees. We’ll organize and publish what we learn.” So … in honor…

On Feb. 24, the English department cosponsored an event with the Office of the President honoring new Folger Shakespeare Library Director Michael Witmore, who assumed the position in July after the retirement of GW Prof. Emerita Gail Kern Paster. Pres. Knapp and Diane Knapp opened the F Street House to about three dozen invitees, including…

Jennifer Nguyen is the winner of this year’s Student Poetry Contest Each year, the English department awards a variety of student prizes for achievement in creative writing. This year, senior Jennifer Nguyen is the winner of the Student Poetry Contest for her piece “Candy.” The judges were Profs. Jane Shore, Mary-Sherman Willis, and David McAleavey….