Second Installment of #GWBookLife

(  ) death I cause       I result in breaking heads along the highway. burial as it fits between transit. buttons make time stop and shirt buttons make time not work for me faulting clothes to shame physics. time as a round thing I fumble to break           our paradox meant to save to leave machines. each…

Dear English Department community,   Welcome back, and a special welcome to newly declared English majors just joining us for the first time! Given how isolated we all have been since covid-19 erupted this past winter, it feels especially good to reconnect this fall, albeit virtually.   My work as the chair of the Department…

Every October, Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebrates Native American peoples while commemorating their histories and cultures. To honor the holiday, the GW English Department has compiled a short-list of books written by Native American authors! Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo). Based on the oral traditions and ceremonial practices of the Pueblo and Navajo people, Silko’s…

Name Like an Empty Bag My house is a mess. Fuck. Fuck. I burned my  sweater on the stove. The smell of melted  acetate, of reading. What if I hate  it just because she does a better job  of being me than I do? Too familiar, the sound of keeping my mouth closed. I am…

English major Jina Park published an essay in GW Hatchet in which she details how GW prepared her for the unexpected final semester of her college career due to the coronavirus situation. Jina is currently taking the Critical Theory seminar which explores many issues related to the current crisis. In her essay, Jina shared tips on how to manage…

Ashes and Blossoms Today, again, On the string spun from grief and pain, I threaded blossoms; drawn from your memory. And I plucked, From the desert of abandoned love, Buds which bloomed; when were together. Then, I placed on your doorsteps, Offering to the days of your memory. Laid, Side by side, in the vase…