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While not Valentine’s themed, Robert Hass’s “Privilege of Being” is the first poem that jumps to mind when I think of great romantic poetry. For the in-love and love cynics alike, enjoy and Happy Valentine’s Day. Privilege of BeingRobert Hass Many are making love. Up above, the angelsin the unshaken ether and crystal of human…

Jane Shore recommended this poem by W. D. Snodgrass, written in 1959. April Inventory The green catalpa tree has turnedAll white; the cherry blossoms once more.In one whole year I haven’t learnedA blessed thing they pay you for.The blossoms snow down in my hair;The trees and I will soon be bare. The trees have more…

Please Join the Department of English for the Edward P. Jones Inaugural Reading Thursday January 29 at 5 PMThe Jack Morton AuditoriumSchool of Media and Public Affairs, First Floor Free and open to all, though seating is limited The Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Known World, Mr. Jones is the Wang Visiting Professor of…

Flying High Like a Disco Jalebi: Gay Bombay and Beyond, a talk and reading Parmesh Shahani, TED and MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow, and author of “Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India” (2008) Tuesday, November 8,  2-3.30 pm  Rome Hall 771 (801 22nd St. NW) Parmesh Shahani is not your usual academic….

If you haven’t already marked your calendars, get our your smart phones, pens, and day planners, and reserve Friday, October 22 for a day in celebration of Professor Emerita of English Judith A.A. Plotz. The “Plotzfest,” as we’ve dubbed it, in a reflection of our affectionate regard for Judy Plotz, will feature a mini-symposium featuring…

For the 2008-09 academic year, Professor Jonathan Gil Harris will be leaving his post at GW to assume his fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library here in Washington, DC.Prof. Gil Harris will be doing research at the Folger for his new book Shakespeare and Literary Theory, which has already been commissioned by Oxford University Press…