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10:00am EDT

Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders Center for the Arts Lobby Call and Response: “Borders” Exhibit Fenwick Gallery, Fenwick Library, Room 2001

10:30am EDT

The Ottoman Caliphate’s Mystical Turn Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room F Unhappy in Their Own Way Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North PlazaBrigid Kemmerer • Frank Morelli

12:00pm EDT

From the Heart of the Refugee Crisis George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson CenterTom Sleigh Finding Your Focus: A Mindful Conversation Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North PlazaBeth Cabrera • Laurie J. Cameron Inhaling the History of the World Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room FSam Kean

1:30pm EDT

Call & Response Panel: “Borders” Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Fenwick Library Searching into the Past & the Self Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North PlazaAndrea Kleine • Nathaniel Popkin The Heroine's Journey George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson CenterKathy MacMillan • Deborah Schaumberg Changing the American Dream Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room FLaura Wides-Muñoz

2:15pm EDT

The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold Lord of Life ChurchJoyce Lee Malcolm

3:00pm EDT

The Road Less Traveled with Cheuse Center Fellows Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North PlazaTim Barzditis • Carol Mitchell • Rachel Purdy Letters from the Boys: Wisconsin World War I Soldiers Write Home Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Fenwick LibraryCarrie A. Meyer Injustice in Policing Black Bodies George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson CenterAngela J. Hattery • Earl Smith

4:30pm EDT

(Un)dead on the Great Plains Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North PlazaAlma Katsu • Marianne Kirby Conspiracy Theories, Captivity, and UFOs Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room ESusan Lepselter Sexualities, Intimacies, and Queer Migration with Eithne Luibhéid Research Hall, Room 163Eithne Luibhéid Inspired Educator, Engaged Learner Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room GJennifer Stanchfield Life on the Line: Editors as Activists George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson CenterNate Marshall • Arjun Singh Sethi • Melissa Tuckey • Paula Whyman

6:00pm EDT

Eco-Justice & Hip-Hop: Poetry for the Times George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson CenterNate Marshall • Melissa Tuckey The Beck Environmental Lecture: Reversing Global Warming Harris Theater, George Mason UniversityPaul Hawken

7:00pm EDT

Women in WWII City of Fairfax Regional LibraryCindy Gueli • Patricia O’Connell Pearson Neversays with Randi Bryant Sherwood Regional LibraryRandi Bryant

7:30pm EDT

An American Marriage: An evening with Tayari Jones Harris Theater, George Mason UniversityTayari Jones

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Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room E

10:30am EDT

Literature of the Chinese-American Experience Dewberry Hall, Ground Floor of the Johnson CenterVanessa Hua • Yang Huang Native Americans and the Southern Imagination Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room FGina Caison • Kirstin Squint

11:50am EDT

Traveling Wild: Tales of an Ecotourist Osher Lifelong Learning InstituteMike Gunter, Jr.

12:00pm EDT

Recovering Zimbabwe’s Legacy Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room FTinashe Mushakavanhu What Does It Take to Achieve the Impossible? George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson CenterBilly Shore In Businesses We (Don’t) Trust Research Hall, Room 163Barie Carmichael When You Gotta Go: How Public Toilets Fail our Private Needs Dewberry Hall, Ground Floor of the Johnson CenterLezlie Lowe

1:30pm EDT

Global Literature: Israel, Dhaka, & The Frozen North Dewberry Hall, Ground Floor of the Johnson CenterEvan Fallenberg • Heidi Sopinka • Helena Thorfinn The Chance of Salvation: How Americans Chose Their Religion Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room FLincoln A. Mullen March for Freedom with Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Concert Hall, Center for the ArtsAndrew Aydin • Congressman John Lewis Beast: A Catalan Poet’s Exploration Grand Tier III, Center for the ArtsIrene Solà

3:00pm EDT

Laugh Out Loud Reads Dewberry Hall, Ground Floor of the Johnson CenterInman Majors • Jill Orr Understanding Racism in America Research Hall, Room 163Ibram X. Kendi Tilting into the Truth with Nicole Harkin Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room CNicole Harkin Hard to Do: The Surprising Feminist History of Breaking Up George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson CenterKelli Maria Korducki Biking Across America: A Climate Scientist’s Journey Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room FDavid Goodrich

4:30pm EDT

MFA Fellows Reading Research Hall, Room 163Andrew Art • Anney Bolgiano • Kate Branca • E. Rhōdes Thompson Translating the Classics Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room GLawrence Ellsworth Wanting More: Coming-of-Age Novels Dewberry Hall, Ground Floor of the Johnson CenterLeslie Pietrzyk • Jon Pineda The Secret History of A Modern Suburb Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Fenwick LibraryPatricia Farrell Donahue • Lynn Eaton • Laura Wickstead The Real Relationship between the U.S. and Mexico George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson CenterAndrew Selee You Eat What You Are Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room CLucy M. Long The Future of Academic Writing and Publishing Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room FDouglas Eyman • Emily H. Green • Laura Wheeler Poms • John Warren • Adam Winsler

6:00pm EDT

Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award Ceremony Grand Tier III, Center for the ArtsHernán Díaz • Elena Georgiou • Renee Macalino Rutledge Writing About The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Fenwick LibraryTim Denevi • Margaret A. Harrell • William McKeen • Juan F. Thompson

7:00pm EDT

Love, Loss, and Finding New Life Oakton LibrarySarahlyn Bruck • Orly Konig Virginia is for Lovers (& Romance Novelists) Patrick Henry LibraryTracey Livesay Everybody Loves an Underdog Kingstowne LibraryDaniel de Visé Hotel Scarface: Mutiny & Mobsters in Miami Pohick Regional LibraryRoben Farzad JFK’s VIP Party: Great Minds Only Richard Byrd LibraryJoseph A. Esposito Words, Words, Words The Auld ShebeenNick Baskerville • Jessica Robinson • Sufian Zhemukhov Biking Across America: A Climate Scientist’s Journey Kings Park LibraryDavid Goodrich

10:30am EDT

Getting Published: The Editor’s Perspective Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North PlazaPaul Reyes • J. M. Tyree • Katharine Weber

12:00pm EDT

Grace In Darkness: D.C.’s Women Writers Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North PlazaCarmelinda Blagg • Lisa Couturier • Ariel M. Goldenthal • Wendy Besel Hahn • Leslie Hsu Oh • Melissa Scholes Young Erasing Syria: The Home That Was Our Country Research Hall, Room 163Alia Malek

1:00pm EDT

Sonata: A Memoir of Pain and the Piano Osher Lifelong Learning InstituteAndrea Avery

1:30pm EDT

From Poland to America: Essays and a Novel Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North PlazaEwa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough • Steve Yarbrough

3:00pm EDT

Finding Life After (Almost) Death Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North PlazaJacob M. Appel • Thomas Pierce • Katharine Weber Women of Color in Islam Research Hall, Room 163Sylvia Chan-Malik

4:00pm EDT

Mason’s Alumni Reading Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Fenwick LibraryLucy Biederman • John Copenhaver • Joe Hall • Alyse Knorr • Kate Partridge

4:30pm EDT

A Man & His Dog: A Couple of Heroes Burke Centre LibraryCraig Grossi Can’t Go Home Again: Writing About Our Distance from Our Origin Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North PlazaNick Kowalczyk • John Lingan • James Han Mattson

6:00pm EDT

Searching for Life and Jazz in Philadelphia Research Hall, Room 163Marie-Helene Bertino Writing Through Identity Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Fenwick LibrarySandy Allen • Rachel Z. Arndt • Dave Madden • Sarah Viren Poetry Night Out Epicure CafeLindsay Bernal • Jennifer Chang • Danielle Cadena Deulen • Aaron McCollough

7:00pm EDT

Haint So: A Staged Reading of an Original Play Pop-Up Theater

7:30pm EDT

Anything is Possible: A Talk with Elizabeth Strout Harris Theater, George Mason UniversityElizabeth Strout

10:30am EDT

Recovering the Columbia Space Shuttle Merten Hall, Room 1201Michael D. Leinbach • Jonathan H. Ward The Good, the Bad, and the YA Sisterhood Merten Hall, Room 1204Lisa Rosinsky • Jessica Spotswood Laugh It Up Story Hour Old Town Hall Fantastical Four: SciFi, Fables, Folklore, & Film Merten Hall, Room 1202Ryan Habermeyer • J. M. Tyree Everyone Has a Story Merten TentJohn Coburn • Daniel Martin Elliott • Mandkhai Erdembat • Emmanual Gratzimi Find Your Creative Voice: Creating Memorable Fiction & Memoir - Ticketed Master Class Merten Hall Room 2500Leslie Pietrzyk

11:30am EDT

Hey, Hey, Hay! Let’s Make a Scarecrow Old Town HallChristy Mihaly Short Stories, Big Voices Merten Hall, Room 1202Bonnie Chau • Kem Joy Ukwu Solving the Riddle: Historical Female Detectives Merten TentGreer Macallister • Deanna Raybourn Found Poetry Merten Hall, Room 1204J. Michael Martinez • Margaret Yocom U.S. Presidents: The Election & The Message Merten Hall, Room 1201Stephen Farnsworth • Bill Schneider

12:30pm EDT

Stick Out Your Tongues! Old Town HallMaria Gianferrari The Graphic Novel, the Sketchbook, and the Scrapbook Merten Hall, Room 1203Laura Lee Gulledge • Roye Okupe • Caroline Preston I am Woman, Hear My Words! Merten TentRosalind Reisner • Linda Rosen • Tabitha Whissemore Tricks of Perspective: Reimagining the WWII Narrative Merten Hall, Room 1201Deborah Baker Finding Love in a Hopeless Place Merten Hall, Room 1204Julia Lynn Rubin • Robin Talley The Fallout: Living in the Aftermath Merten Hall, Room 1202Steve Kistulentz • Tom McAllister

1:30pm EDT

Create A Fractured Fairy Tale with Sue Fliess Old Town HallSue Fliess Beyond University: Lit in Libraries, Salons & Death Matches Merten Hall, Room 1202Chandra Gordon • Christopher Maier • Adrian Todd Zuniga Crime Fiction as Social Commentary Merten Hall, Room 1203E. A. Aymar • John Copenhaver • Aimee Hix • Alan Orloff • LynDee Walker Secrets & Regrets in Paris & Ireland Merten TentJane Delury • Molly McCloskey Surviving as an Outsider Merten Hall, Room 1204Joseph Cassara • Patrick Nathan The Assault on American Security Merten Hall, Room 1201Michael V. Hayden

2:30pm EDT

A Paintbrush for Paco: Learning Colors in Spanish Old Town HallTracey Kyle Out of Darkness: Prose from the Percy Siblings Merten Hall, Room 1201Benjamin Percy • Jennifer Percy Magic in Ancient Lands Merten Hall, Room 1204Cass Morris • Lindsay Smith Romance in the DMV Merten Hall, Room 1202Lindsay Detwiler • Tracey Livesay Mail Delivery: The Black Hand Secret Society Merten TentVictoria Bruce • William Oldfield Writing for Teens - Ticketed Master Class Merten Hall Room 2500L.M. Elliott

3:30pm EDT

Absolutely A-MAZE-ING! Old Town HallJoe Wos In The Shadow Land with Elizabeth Kostova Merten Hall, Room 1201Elizabeth Kostova Cheers! Here’s to Virginia Wines! Merten Hall, Room 1202Andrew A. Painter In Short: Micro Blasts Merten Hall, Room 1204Jeannie Vanasco • Matthew Vollmer Stillhouse Press Reading and Reception Merten Hall, Room 1203Anita Felicelli • Anne Panning

4:30pm EDT

Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle Old Town HallDeborah Lee Rose

5:00pm EDT

Literary Death Match Harris Theater, George Mason UniversityJoseph Cassara • Laura Lee Gulledge • Michael D. Leinbach • Angelique Palmer • Bethanne Patrick • Benjamin Percy • Alexandra Petri • Adrian Todd Zuniga