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“Jewish Literature Live” Authors Announced for 2012
Spring 2012 will mark the fourth iteration of Jewish Literature Live, the unique course in which students read the works by writers who then visit their classroom for an intimate discussion. As before, each author visiting campus will give a free public reading. This year, the inimitable Prof. Faye Moskowitz has assembled a line-up of writers…
Poetry Tour of Washington
Including our own Jane Shore. Check it out! From the site: The Washington, DC, Poetry Tour reveals our nation’s capital through the eyes of its great poets, including Archibald MacLeish, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Elizabeth Bishop, among many others. From the hallowed halls of the federal buildings to neighborhood side streets, the tour features poems…
Book Club with Suhayl Saadi
We will be offering a one credit, four evening course with our GW-British Council Writer in Residence Suhayl Saadi. You will have the chance to read three of his favorite novels and discuss them with him: Monsieur Shoushana’s Lemon Trees by Patricia Duncker; How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman; and This Other…
Happy Valentine’s Day
While not Valentine’s themed, Robert Hass’s “Privilege of Being” is the first poem that jumps to mind when I think of great romantic poetry. For the in-love and love cynics alike, enjoy and Happy Valentine’s Day. Privilege of BeingRobert Hass Many are making love. Up above, the angelsin the unshaken ether and crystal of human…
FREE BOOK: Get Your Copy of Kalooki Nights NOW!
During the month of February, renowned British novelist Howard Jacobson will be teaching, reading, and inspiring students at GW. Following Nadeem Aslam and Suhayl Saadi, Jacobson is the third and culminating GW-British Council Writer in Residence. His most famous book is the wonderfully funny, perverse, and sad Kalooki Nights. We have 200 copies of the…
In Praise of Maxine Clair
After many years of teaching and service here at GW, Maxine Clair will be retiring. The department’s recommendation that she be awarded emerita status in honor of her achievements has been accepted. We are so very proud of Maxine … and we would say that we will miss her, but we are confident that we…