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Department Newsletter and Blog

 

Sent exclusively to alumni, the Department of English newsletter features alumni and department updates, as well as event information. If you are one of our alumni, update your contact information with the GW Office of Alumni Relations to start receiving this and other exclusive alumni benefits. 

Latest Issues: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

 

The GW English Blog keeps students up to date with news and upcoming events held by the department. The blog also highlights current students, alumni and professors with stories about their time in the English department. 

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Latest News

A student presenting her research poster at the 2026 CCAS Research Showcase

Student Research Takes Center Stage at CCAS Showcase

More than 250 students from across GW departments and programs, including English, displayed their scholarly work at the fourth-annual CCAS Research Showcase.

Inioluwa Jobi standing in front of a quilt at the GW Textile Museum

Writing Beyond Bars: Student Storytellers Free Incarcerated Voices

In her digital storytelling class, English’s Emma Wu connects GW students and D.C. inmates through a pen pal project for reclaiming memory and humanity.

Jones Edward

The Worlds of Edward P. Jones

English Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jones shapes worlds of fiction in his head. And now his work has been ranked among the century’s best.


Literary Magazine 

 

GW Capitol Letters

GW Capitol Letters is a university-sponsored, student-run art and literary magazine that publishes material written by the GW community. Students, staff, faculty and alumni are encouraged to submit their works by emailing gwwoodenteethatgmail [dot] com (gwcapitolletters[at]gmail[dot]com). Up to five works of literary (poetry, fiction, nonfiction) or art may be submitted each semester.

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Capitol Letters: Spring 2021 cover