Here is the tentative schedule: FALL 2008 readings (not including Jenny2 or student open readings): Thurs., Sept. 18 DC Poetry celebration, Gelman Special Collections, 6:30-9:00, Gelman 206 [Not an English Dept. event, but still a poetry reading, of sorts – with lots of musical accompaniment] Thurs., Sept. 25 Mary Morrissy (2008-09 JMM Writer), 8:15 PM,…
Professor Jonathan Gil Harris will discuss Taming of the Shrew at the Shakespeare Theatre on Sunday as part of the Windows series. Information below. There is also a pay what you can performance that same day. —— part of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Windows Discussion Series. Sunday, September 30, 2007, 5:00 P.M. at the Lansburgh…
On February 7, Nadeem Aslam read from his soon-to-be published third novel, a mesmerizing performance. The reading was followed by a reception at which GW alumni mingled with current students over a delicious array of desserts. The reception was the first in what we hope will be a long series of such events, aimed at…
Tony Kushner will be arriving in 20 DAYS! http://www.aceshowbiz.com/events/Tony+Kushner/tony-kushner-2013-writers-guild-awards-press-room-01.html Tony Kushner is coming to visit GW through the Jewish Literature Live Program thanks to a generous grant from David Bruce Smith. In conjunction with Kushner’s visit we have and will be running the ACTING UP film series and a series of Play Workshops focusing on…
Attendant with Pearls: Abolition, Portraiture, Agency, and the Properties of Benevolence is the topic of this year’s Wang Endowment Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Patricia Matthew. All are welcome!
GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences will give away 1,000 copies of The Known World by Edward P. Jones. A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Washington, D.C., resident, Mr. Jones is the first Wang Visiting Professor in Contemporary English Literature. He will be in residence in the English Department during the entire spring semester of…
