A Celebration of the Work of James A Miller

Professor James A. Miller The Departments of English and American Studies and the Program in Africana Studies invite you to join us for "A Celebration of the Work of James A. Miller," on Friday, September 11, from 2-6 PM.  This event will be held in the Jack Morton Auditorium (805 21st Street NW). Professor James Miller (1944-2015) was a GW Professor of English, American Studies, and Africana Studies.  His work focused on a wide range of topics in African American ...

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Jane Shore Reading: Wednesday, September 9

GW Arts Initiative Program: Poetry Reading: The Best Dressed Girl in School"I could make you the best dressed girl in school," my mother said, "but I won't." GW Professor of English Jane Shore grew up in the apartment over Corduroy Village, her parents' dress store in North Bergen, New Jersey. She will read poems from among her seven books of poetry, two of which are coming-of-age autobiographical novellas in verse about 1950s and 60s urban Jewish New Jersey. From when she was a young girl sleeping ...

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American Literature, Women's Writing, Willa Cather Studies: The Work of Ann Romines

The Department of English invites you to an afternoon focused on the multi-faceted work of Professor Ann Romines, who retired this year after 43 years of service to our department.  Professor Romines will be present at this event honoring her work; the afternoon will include music, a panel of former students, and a keynote address by Guy Reynolds, Professor of English and Director of The Cather Project at the University of Nebraska--Lincoln. The events on October 2 will begin in the recital ...

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Memorial Service and Donations for James A. Miller

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Introducing Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington: Kseniya Melnik

JMM Writer-in-WashingtonKseniya MelnikPhoto Credit: Morgan DemeterThe Jenny McKean Moore Fund was established in honor of the late Jenny Moore, who was a playwrighting student at GW and who left in trust a fund that has, for almost forty years, encouraged the teaching and study of Creative Writing in the English Department, allowing us to bring a poet, novelist, playwright, or creative non-fiction writer to campus each year. While in residence, the writer brings a unique experience to ...

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On the Road: Professor Seavey on Mount Desert Island, Maine

Vacation on Mount Desert IslandNina Gilden Seavey, Sunset on Bar Harbor, 2015            So where would we go for vacation in 2015?  Various considerations set aside the old pattern of the northern Minnesota lake.  My daughter Eleanor (GWU 2010) has been living for a while with her boyfriend Greg Fortier in Manhattan.  Greg has always spent much of his summers in Bar Harbor, Maine, where his parents run the Bar Harbor Music Festival, ...

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