Wow, thank you, that advice helped already! I've been fretting about studying for the GRE and GRE English Lit, but there was the bubble of thought at the back of my mind that I need to also focus on the writing sample and matching my interests with the school's professors' interests. Your advice definitely helps me turn to those things.
I'm a little worried about the writing sample because the ones I have are from (gulp) years ago, in undergrad. I want to articulate my interests as being cross-disciplinary, making use of some of the analytical knowledge I gained in law school...and my essays from undergrad don't talk about this stuff. I wrote plenty of essays in law school about issues that are intertwined with literary topics though. Does anyone write a new piece, specifically for admissions purposes? That might be my best bet.
Thanks so much for replying! I'm sure I will have more questions. Brown is such a fabulous school, its on the top of my list from the research I have done so far!! Yeay Brown!!!!
I'll post again soon!!