To All Current English Majors

I’ve just returned from 6th and I, one of the most beautiful synagogues I’ve entered … and a lively space for the arts in DC. The English Department hopes to work more closely with them in the future. Here is an event for your calendar. GWU students can come for free. RSVP to jleventhal@sixthandi.org and/or…

The English Department was sad to learn of the recent passing on August 25 of a beloved colleague, Edward R. Weismiller. We invite all who knew Prof. Weismiller, and those who want to find out about this remarkable man, to attend a celebration of his life on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. in Rome…

Jason Fillardi, who will be teaching a course on screenwriting next semester, provides the GW English blog with this brief biography:“Jason Filardi grew up in Mystic, Connecticut and now resides in Los Angeles, California. But before moving to LA, he spent four of the best years of his life studying English at the George Washington…

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…

Congratulations to Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington Tilar Mazzeo for a full-page review of her recent book, The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World’s Most Famous Perfume, in Sunday’s New York Times Book Review. (If you go to the Times site, you can also be directed to a Google Books excerpt…

It’s not often that a work of American literature makes the “Trending Topics” newsfeed at Twitter, but as of this writing, “Huckleberry Finn” is one of the most tweeted phrases online. You can read what some members of the GW English Department, myself included, had to say about the recent news that a forthcoming edition…