Why English is the Best Major

The last Medieval and Early Modern Seminar of the semester will be held on Friday, November 30th from 9-11 AM in Rome 771. Jehangir Malegam (GW History) will be presenting his paper entitled: No Peace for the Wicked: Conflicting Visions of Peacemaking in an Eleventh-Century Monastic Narrative As usual, please RSVP to me to receive…

Spring 2012 will mark the fourth iteration of Jewish Literature Live, the unique course in which students read the works by writers who then visit their classroom for an intimate discussion. As before, each author visiting campus will give a free public reading. This year, the inimitable Prof. Faye Moskowitz has assembled a line-up of writers…

Actor, comedian and GW alumnus T. J. Miller (did you see Cloverfield?) sent me this note about star faculty member Pati Griffith: I remember that Prof. Griffith was the first person to encourage my writing. She was the first person to validate that I had a writer in me–I just had to develop that, and…

On Thursday, Oct. 28 at 8 pm, the English department will host distinguished novelist Howard Norman reading from his latest and critically acclaimed work What Is Left the Daughter (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). The latest in the department’s series of Jenny McKean Moore events, Norman’s reading will take place in the Marvin Center Amphitheater. The event…

This post is guest blogged by Prof. Gregory Pardlo. It seems we have not quite put AWP behind us. One of the controversies enlivening the recent writer’s conference has now managed to capture the imagination of people outside the literary community. Picked up by the Associated Press, the debacle over what is now known as…

You read about it at Ducks and What They Do. Now come attend the small, just for you last reading by Edward P. Jones. Wednesday 4/22 in Phillips 411 Share on FacebookTweet