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In anticipation of Michael Chabon reading at GW on March 23 at 7 PM (Jack Morton Auditorium, SMPA), I offer this piece that I composed back in 2006. I was in the third grade when I first read this book, and already suffering the changes, the horns, wings and tusks that grow on your imagination…
Jane Shore on NPR
Professor Jane Shore discussed Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art” on NPR’s show Marketplace. You can listen to the program and read a transcript here. The beautiful poem is below. “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop The art of losing isn’t hard to master;so many things seem filled with the intentto be lost that their loss is…
From Austen to Honors: Maria Frawley
In 1894 literary scholar George Saintsbury coined the term “Janeite” as a devotée of Jane Austen. Professor Maria Frawley (pictured with her cat Zeke) is a self-proclaimed Janeite, although she would like to emphasize that Janeites are scholars as well as devotées. You cannot deny this fact when meeting with the witty and warm Frawley…
Poetry Contest: $500 for Best Student Poem!
Happy memories of springtime daffodils? Brooding lines about “The dew that flies/Suicidal“? Sugary fluff that cools the longing for wordplay? Creepy verbal portraiture? We love it all. That’s why the GW English Department is pleased to announce our first annual Student Poetry Contest. Anyone can enter, and the prize (generously donated by a departmental supporter)…
José Muñoz to be Second Wang Visiting Professor (Fall 2009)
Here is the official press release. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY NAMES JOSE MUNOZ AS WANG VISITING PROFESSOR IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH LITERATURE Munoz to Teach and Deliver Public Readings in Fall 2009 WASHINGTON – The George Washington University has named renowned scholar of literature, Latino studies, and performance theory Jose Munoz as the second Wang Visiting…
Writing Her Way to Victory: Samantha Barry’s Research on Victory Gardens
Gardening. What does the word mean to you? Perhaps new blossoms every spring or dirt underneath your fingernails. For most, the hobby of gardening is just that, a hobby. Maybe every so often a gardener will introduce home-grown vegetables into a family dinner, but mostly it’s a personal activity. Gardening as a food movement? Now,…