The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Presents: Claudia Rankine Join us on Monday, April 11th at 7:30PM in Gelman 702 for the next installment of The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series featuring Claudia Rankine, who will read from her new book, Citizen: An American Lyric. Her new work won both the PEN Open…
The PEN/Faulkner at Hill Center Reading Series Presents: Melinda Moustakis Where: Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, DC 20003 When: Wednesday November 9th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm Cost: Free Register here Hill Center and PEN/Faulkner Foundation present an evening with author Melinda Moustakis moderated by Lisa Page, Director of Creative Writing at George Washington University….
Author James Han Mattson will appear virtually to read from his newly released novel, Reprieve, and take part in a discussion about his work. James Han Mattson was born in Seoul, Korea and raised in North Dakota. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he has received grants from the Copernicus Society of America and…
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…
Toni Morrison in a 2008 photograph. Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison will be visiting GW on Wednesday, September 21, where she will be honored by the University and the Toni Morrison Society with the dedication of a memorial bench in front of Lisner Auditorium. The event will be part of the society’s Bench by the…
The author of The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Summerland, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh — and MORE — will read from his work and then be interviewed live by Professor Faye Moskowitz. Michael Chabon will be introduced by Edward P. Jones, GW’s first Wang Professor of Contemporary Literature….
