The Creative Freedom Tour at GW

Poet Sally Wen Mao Reads April 24 Poet Sally Wen Mao treats words like clay.  She molds them into new ideas, even as they retain their  original meaning. Language is shaped and adapted in her hands.  She also plays with a variety of forms, including field notes, and travelogues. The results are original, ironic and…

Helen Deutsch, Department of English, UCLA The Wang Distinguished Lecture in Literary and Cultural Studies will be presented this year by Helen Deutsch, Professor of English at UCLA.  Professor Deutsch will be in residency at GW September 18-19, and will deliver a lecture titled “Savage Indignation: Jonathan Swift, Edward Said and the Demands of Late Style.”…

Matt Klam’s first novel, Who is Rich?, explores writing conferences, infidelity, and social class. It’s an excellent follow-up to his short story collection, Sam The Cat. He reads at 5:30 pm, November 1st in Gelman 702. Share on FacebookTweet

The English Department is happy to announce that a new university seminar we proposed has been funded. The Medieval and Early Modern Seminar (MEMS) proposal is one fruit of an effort the department is making to foster the study of early Britain within a transnational frame in our department. With resources like the Folger Shakespeare…

I expect GW to issue a press release about this at some point. Until then, here is advanced notice of a literary event coming to an auditorium near you. Poetry Out Loud is a project of the National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation. From the Lisner website: The 2009 Poetry Out Loud National…

The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series welcomes poet Lindsay Bernal. She is the winner of the 2017 National Poetry Series Competition.  Share on FacebookTweet