A New Poetry Course with Professors Chang & Hsy

On the eve of the first day of National Poetry Month, the English Department announces a dynamic new course on poetry. This course is ideal for students curious about the relationship between literary analysis and composition practices, and it can be taken to fulfill a requirement for Creative Writing majors (see below):The ABC’s of Poetry: How Poetry MattersFall 2015, T/Th 11:10am-12:35pmProf. Jennifer Chang and Prof. Jonathan HsyClockwise from top left: Dickinson, Chaucer, & Agbabi.How do ...

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Graduate Seminar: Crip/Queer Theory with Professor Mitchell

Professor Mitchell ReadingJacques Ranciere's Mute SpeechFall 2015 Graduate Seminar: Crip/Queer TheoryCrip/Queer Theory charts out key intersections between Disability, Queer, and Critical Race Studies.  Our goal will be to mine the spaces between historically pathologized sexuality, ability, and racialized statuses. In particular we will focus on questions of "agential materialism" where one cannot only find experiences of oppression, but also alternative ethical maps for living.  How ...

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American Poetry to WWI with Professor McAleavey

A course to consider for Fall 2015!Walt Whitman(Library of Congress)ENGLISH 3620.10   FALL 2015                  American Poetry to WW ITR 4:45-6:00                        CRN: TBA                  Room: TBADavid ...

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Kate Flint Visual Culture Events: April 16 and 17

Kate Flint presents a cultural history offlash photography and race (April 16)Interested in the relationship between words and images? Artsy or literary? Think of yourself as both?Thanks to a generous gift by Sharyn Rosenblum to the English Department, as well as to the generosity of the Department of Fine Arts & Art History, as well as the Visiting Artist and Scholars Committee, we are delighted to announce two upcoming events designed specifically for you!“Light Skinned: Flash Photography ...

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Trey Ellis at GW: Friday, March 27

Trey EllisThe GW English Department is pleased to welcome Trey Ellis as part of the Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series. Ellis, currently an associate professor in the Graduate School of the Arts at Columbia University, is a novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and essayist. He is the author of several novels, Platitudes, Home Repairs, Bedtime Stories: Adventures in the Land of Single-Fatherhood, and Right Here, Right Now, which received an American Book Award. His work with films includes the 1995 ...

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Gayle Wald's New Book: It's Been Beautiful: Soul! and Black Power Television

Professor Wald's latest book isavailable from Duke University PressGW English and American Studies are very excited to announce that Professor Gayle Wald's new book, It’s Been Beautiful: Soul! and Black Power Television (Duke University Press), has just been released. The book examines Soul!, the first African American black variety television show on public television, which between 1968 and 1973 was instrumental in expressing the diversity of black popular culture, thought and politics, as well ...

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GW English Alums on the Move: Amanda Panitch Publishes Damage Done

Amanda PanitchGW English BA '11"My Honor's Thesis Played a Fundamental Role in the Development of My Writing" - GW English Grad Amanda Panitch, interviewed by Professor Margaret Soltan.MS: Let's start this interview with a link to your website, which announces the exciting news that a young adult novel of yours, Damage Done, has just been picked up by Random House.  Congratulations!  Tell us about its plot.Damage Done will be availableJuly 21, 2015AP: Thank you! In short, ...

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Brando Skyhorse and Lisa Page in Conversation

Join Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Residence Brando Skyhorse and Acting Director of Creative Writing Lisa Page in a discussion to be held this Monday at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital.  Presented by Hill Center & PEN/Faulkner.921 Pennsylvania Ave SE, at 7:00 PM. Free and Open to the Publ ...

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EXTENDED DEADLINE: Shakespeare in the Mediterranean

There's still a chance to follow Shakespeare to Italy and Croatia.  Read our original blog post here.

The deadline for Shakespeare in the Mediterranean (HIST 3001/ENGL 3450) has been EXTENDED until March 20th.  Please go to the Study Abroad web page or contact the faculty directors Suzanne Miller - smmiller@gwu.edu and Katherine Keller - kzkeller@gwu.edu for more information.

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GW English Alums on the Move: The Poetry of Andrew Kozma

Andrew Kozma"GW was the place where I first dreamed myself as a writer."GW English and Dramatic Literature Alum and poet Andrew Kozma recently had one of his poems selected for inclusion this year in The Best American Poetry.  Professor Margaret Soltan caught up with Andrew to talk about poetry and pedagogy, and about his time at GW.  The poem of Andrew's that Professor Soltan mentions is reproduced at the bottom of the interview.First, congratulations on having one of your poems selected, ...

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