A Successful Residency: Simon Gikandi

This week marked the completion of another visiting residency for GW English, sponsored by the Wang Endowment.  Simon Gikandi, Professor of ...

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November 13: Jericho Brown Reading

Poet Jericho Brown will be giving at reading at GWU on November 17 A cursory look through some of Jericho Brown’s poetry such as “ Heart Con...

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Aaron Hamburger Leads DC Reads Discussion November 5

This year's DC Reads selection is Dinaw Mengestu's The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears .  Join GW English's Aaron Hamburger i...

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Pramila Venkateswaran, GW English PhD, Named Suffolk County New York Poet Laureate

Suffolk County New York Poet Laureate Pramila Venkateswaran Professor Pramila Venkateswaran, who received her PhD from GW's English Depa...

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Literary Pumpkin Carving with Faculty and Librarians!

Bring your own pumpkin and sculpt your masterpiece in the company of GW's coolest faculty and librarians.  Carving implements will be pr...

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Sins Invalid Film This Monday: Marvin Center Amphitheater

RSVP Today: Simon Gikandi's Oct. 30 Undergraduate Seminar

For the first time since the creation of the English Department’s mini-residency, the Wang Distinguished Professor will give a seminar just ...

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GW English Alums on the Move: Esther Cohen (BA '69)

GW English Alum Esther Cohen (BA '69) ESTHER COHEN ON NOT BEING AFRAID OF LIFE, OR OF YOUR OWN  WORDS New York writer, teacher, and acti...

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October 15: Jose Dalisay Reading

To say Jose Dalisay has had a productive career is an understatement. The Philippines-born writer has published over 20 works in fiction and...

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Open Space Recap Part II: The Pictures!

Student organizers Tess Gann and Sara Policastro welcome the crowd to Open Space.      Jenny McKean Moore Writer Brando Skyhorse talkin...

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