I recently learned of this web site, which I think many of our wordsmiths will love! The free site combines a game to test English vocabulary and donations of rice to countries suffering from hunger and poverty. The game is simple: every time you correctly choose a word’s definition or synonym, you have donated 20 grains of rice. While the game can be addictive, at least you are contributing to a good cause!
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It’s not often that a work of American literature makes the “Trending Topics” newsfeed at Twitter, but as of this writing, “Huckleberry Finn” is one of the most tweeted phrases online. You can read what some members of the GW English Department, myself included, had to say about the recent news that a forthcoming edition…
We’ve already told you how to take a screenwriting course with famous producer and screenwriter Jason Filardi. Would you also like to take a course in writing fiction with Pulitzer-prize winning novelist Edward P. Jones? Jones will be in residence at GW during the spring semester of 2009. If you would like to be considered…
Internationally acclaimed novelist Jamaica Kincaid will appear on Saturday, April 11, as the second speaker in this spring’s American Pictures Distinguished Lecture Series, a joint program of Washington College, the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The American Pictures series offers a highly original approach to art, pairing great works with leading…
If you’ve donated money to the department over the past year, you are already on our mailing list (your name should also appear in the “Department Supporters” box to the right: thank you for your generosity! We couldn’t do much of what we undertake without your support). Early in the fall you will receive our…
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Fall 2008 Engl. 172.10 Freud, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky Elective English 172.11 Medieval Drama pre-1800; or pre-1700 Engl. 172.12 American Coming of Age Literature 20th Century Spring 09 Engl. 172.10 Central European Modernism Elective Engl. 172.11 19th Century British Novel & Empire 19th Cent; or 1700-1900 Engl. 172.12 Disability & Literature Minority; or Theory/Cult. Studies. Engl. 172.80…
