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Harvard University possesses a department with the verbose designation “English and American Literature and Language.” At a recent faculty meeting, Professor James Engell spoke on behalf of his faculty colleagues and moved that this name be changed to “Department of English.” The rationale for this transformation has clearly been plagiarized from the GW Department of…

What do the two people in our blog post title have in common, besides serenity and good looks? Funny you should ask. Both the Dalai Lama and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson were just named in the Utne Reader list of “Fifty Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is, of course, our inaugural GW English Distinguished…

Kyaiera Mistretta, class of 2003, is fondly remembered by her former professors at GW as one of those students whom everyone looks forward to having in class: smart, engaged, perceptive, full of promise. We asked her to let us know what career path she had followed since leaving GW. She writes: Currently I work as…

MICHAEL CHABON MONDAY MARCH 23 7 PMJACK MORTON AUDITORIUM Michael Chabon’s first novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988) was a New York Times bestseller. His second Wonder Boys (1995), was made into a critically-acclaimed film featuring Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire. His young adult novel, Summerland, won the 2003 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature….

Poet Claudia Rankine included a poem by GW student Marissa Ciampi on her website. Recently Prof. Gregory Pardlo posted a piece here about the Theft of Flat Langston at the DC restaurant/literary spot Busboys and Poets. Now he reports in about a GWU student’s contribution to a major discussion in the poetry world. The discussion…

I was so pleased to receive an email from Michael Bonett, Jr., my former student and advisee in the English Department. He writes: After I graduated from George Washington University, I worked in Maryland for a year. During this time, I got published on my birthday in Mindflights magazine. I left to be a Peace…