Two English Professors nominated for Professor of the Year

The Fat Studies Reader, a collection of essays to which GW English graduate student Julia McCrossin contributed a piece, was mentioned in a recent New Yorker article: So what’s wrong with putting on an extra pound, or ten pounds, or, for that matter, a hundred and ten? According to the contributors to “The Fat Studies…

Connie Kibler, without whom the day to day running of the English Department would be impossible, celebrates thirty five years of service to GW today. She was presented with a plaque at a special luncheon (to which she was accompanied by a VERY handsome date). Congratulations, Connie! Share on FacebookTweet

After having penned a cover review of Cynthia Ozick’s recent novel Foreign Bodies for the New York Times Book Review a little over a week ago, Prof. Thomas Mallon is featured in the latest New Yorker article, reviewing Jim Carroll’s posthumous offering, The Petting Zoo. Carroll, famous for his memoir The Basketball Diaries, was a…

Come hear Lytton Smith deliver a talk entitled “The Unending Medieval and the Edges of Poetry” and read from his work. Details here. And, for your poetry reading pleasure, here is movement III of Smith’s sequence “Monster Theory,” from The All-Purpose Magical Tent. (I can’t get the spacing to work out so I’ve ruined the…

Edward P. Jones introduces Michael ChabonMonday March 23Chabon will read from his works, be interviewed live by Professor Faye Moskowitz, and sign copies of his books7 PMJack Morton AuditoriumSchool of Media and Public Affairs, GW Free and open to all who would like to attend, but seating is limited. Share on FacebookTweet

We asked the class of 2007 to let us know what career paths they were following upon graduating from our program. Their responses illustrate well the flexibility a major in English gives when choosing a profession. We wish each one of our alumni good luck on their diverse endeavors. I will be reading screenplays and…