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Tonight is THE NIGHT
Edward P. Jones Inaugural Reading TONIGHT at 5 PMThe Jack Morton AuditoriumSchool of Media and Public Affairs, First FloorFree 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 Contemporary English at GW for Spring 2009 Share on FacebookTweet
Students as Lemmings?
Read this. Then tell me the counter-example isn’t English majors. Who could be less lemming-like? They are practically flamingoes. Or platypi. Share on FacebookTweet
New Major Requirements
We have made some important changes to the requirements for the major in English. They apply to you, however, only if you declared your major on July 1 2008 or later. You cannot, unfortunately, petition to have them apply to you. That means that if you are a current English major and are reading this,…
Robert Ganz on Robert Frost
On Sunday February 18 2007, The Washington Post published a review of The Notebooks of Robert Frost by our own Robert Ganz. Professor Ganz is one of the few faculty members here who has earned the right to the description “beloved departmental institution.” Excerpted below are a few (typically eloquent) paragraphs from the review. But…
Book Launch Celebration for José Esteban Muñoz
Please join us for a book launch celebration José Esteban Muñoz Wang Visiting Professor of Contemporary English Literature Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity Thursday November 12 2 PMEnglish Department Seminar RoomRome Hall 771 Professor Muñoz will read from and discuss his new book. Champagne, sparkling cider, and snacks will be served….
Poetry and Tear Gas: An Alumnus Remembers Class with Prof. Robert Ganz
Recently, the department emailed out copies of its first electronic newsletter to more than 1,300 English department alumni, as well as current students. The newsletter is now posted for all to read on the homepage of the department’s website. One of the benefits of sending out the newsletter is that I get to hear from…