Additional Information about the Department

• Book Swap
• English Department in the news
• Get Advice about Writing while at Barnard
• Frequently Asked Questions

Help with Writing in General while at barnard

• For individual help writing papers, visit Barnard's Writing Center.
• For general advice and orientation about writing at Barnard in general, consult the User's Guide to Resources for Writing at Barnard College.

Barnard English Department In the News:

• Joseph Berger observed in his article in The New York Times (September 19, 2007) that "Barnard has helped an exceptionally large group of women become distinguished contemporary writers."
  
  
• The Columbia Daily Spectator announced English as the most currently popular major at Barnard and commends the department for offering the most concerned and helpful advising program.  Of their 11 "Great Courses," three are offered by the Barnard English Department: Jennie Kassanoff’s American Fiction, Bashir Abu-Manneh’s Cultures of Colonialism, and Mary Gordon’s writing classes.
  
  
• On March 4, 2008, Prof. Mary Gordon was declared State Author.
  
  
• Prof. William Sharpe's book, New York Nocturne: The City after Dark in Literature, Painting, and Photography, 1850-1950, was deemed a "gorgeous, erudite book" by Barbara Spindel in her review for Barnes and Noble.

The Barnard English Department Book Swap.

Clearing out shelves?  Looking for something to read?  Take a book/leave a book in the bookcase at the southern end of the main corridor on the fourth floor of Barnard hall.  Come browse or unload your old books.

page last updated 8/25/09