The Columns » English department » Washington and Lee University

English department

Colleague ConnectionMarch 1, 2023Meet a Colleague: Beth Staples

Beth Staples is an assistant professor of English and she serves as the editor of Shenandoah.

Beth Staples’ fictional short story “Leaf Peepers” appeared in the publication’s Fall 2022 edition.

Colleague ConnectionDecember 7, 2022Meet a Colleague: Leah Naomi Green

Leah Naomi Green serves as visiting assistant professor of English and environmental studies.

Diego Millan’s recent article analyzes the centrality of jokes in the Chester Himes book “If He Hollers Let Him Go.”

Gertz’s talk “Thinking with the Mystics” will be held on Oct. 18.

In Case You Missed It

The Career Enhancement Fellowship seeks to increase underrepresented junior and other faculty members by creating career development opportunities.

From the MagazineApril 23, 2021Legal Eagle

Life has been a series of firsts for Rita Davis ’93, who now serves as counsel to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.

Green will receive the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award from St. Mary’s College of Maryland on March 1.

Professors Leigh Ann Beavers and Chris Gavaler recently published a textbook titled “Creating Comics: A Writer’s and Artist's Guide and Anthology.”

Wheeler’s first novel, “Unbecoming,” was recently published just two months after the release of her latest poetry collection, “The State She’s In.”

Berger has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain starting January 2021.

The reading is free and open to the public, with books for sale following the event.

Leah Naomi Green, visiting assistant professor of English at W&L, was selected by Li-Young Lee as the winner of the 2019 Walt Whitman Award.

The title of McMahon’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is “Brexit on the Border: What We Know and Don’t Know about Irish/UK Relations.”

“An Afternoon with Rebecca Traister,” on Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, is free and open to the public.

The title of her talk, which is free and open to the public, is "Exile in Memory."

Aimee Nezhukumatathil will give a public reading from her work on Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. in Northen Auditorium.

The event is free and open to the public, and books will be available for sale following the reading.

The talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled "Fame and Fortune in the Age of Austen."

The reading will be Oct. 18 at 8:15 p.m. in Northen Auditorium.