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Wednesday
, October 10
Center for the Arts Lobby
10:00am •
Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders
City of Fairfax Regional Library
7:00pm •
Women in WWII
Fenwick Gallery, Fenwick Library, Room 2001
10:00am •
Call and Response: “Borders” Exhibit
Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Fenwick Library
1:30pm •
Call & Response Panel: “Borders”
3:00pm •
Letters from the Boys: Wisconsin World War I Soldiers Write Home
George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson Center
12:00pm •
From the Heart of the Refugee Crisis
1:30pm •
The Heroine's Journey
3:00pm •
Injustice in Policing Black Bodies
4:30pm •
Life on the Line: Editors as Activists
6:00pm •
Eco-Justice & Hip-Hop: Poetry for the Times
Harris Theater, George Mason University
6:00pm •
The Beck Environmental Lecture: Reversing Global Warming
7:30pm •
An American Marriage: An evening with Tayari Jones
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room E
4:30pm •
Conspiracy Theories, Captivity, and UFOs
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room F
10:30am •
The Ottoman Caliphate’s Mystical Turn
12:00pm •
Inhaling the History of the World
1:30pm •
Changing the American Dream
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room G
4:30pm •
Inspired Educator, Engaged Learner
Lord of Life Church
2:15pm •
The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold
Research Hall, Room 163
4:30pm •
Sexualities, Intimacies, and Queer Migration with Eithne Luibhéid
Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North Plaza
10:30am •
Unhappy in Their Own Way
12:00pm •
Finding Your Focus: A Mindful Conversation
1:30pm •
Searching into the Past & the Self
3:00pm •
The Road Less Traveled with Cheuse Center Fellows
4:30pm •
(Un)dead on the Great Plains
Sherwood Regional Library
7:00pm •
Neversays with Randi Bryant
Thursday
, October 11
Concert Hall, Center for the Arts
1:30pm •
March for Freedom with Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
Dewberry Hall, Ground Floor of the Johnson Center
10:30am •
Literature of the Chinese-American Experience
12:00pm •
When You Gotta Go: How Public Toilets Fail our Private Needs
1:30pm •
Global Literature: Israel, Dhaka, & The Frozen North
3:00pm •
Laugh Out Loud Reads
4:30pm •
Wanting More: Coming-of-Age Novels
Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Fenwick Library
4:30pm •
The Secret History of A Modern Suburb
6:00pm •
Writing About The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson
George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson Center
12:00pm •
What Does It Take to Achieve the Impossible?
3:00pm •
Hard to Do: The Surprising Feminist History of Breaking Up
4:30pm •
The Real Relationship between the U.S. and Mexico
Grand Tier III, Center for the Arts
1:30pm •
Beast: A Catalan Poet’s Exploration
6:00pm •
Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award Ceremony
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room C
3:00pm •
Tilting into the Truth with Nicole Harkin
4:30pm •
You Eat What You Are
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room E
TBA •
Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room F
10:30am •
Native Americans and the Southern Imagination
12:00pm •
Recovering Zimbabwe’s Legacy
1:30pm •
The Chance of Salvation: How Americans Chose Their Religion
3:00pm •
Biking Across America: A Climate Scientist’s Journey
4:30pm •
The Future of Academic Writing and Publishing
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room G
4:30pm •
Translating the Classics
Kings Park Library
7:00pm •
Biking Across America: A Climate Scientist’s Journey
Kingstowne Library
7:00pm •
Everybody Loves an Underdog
Oakton Library
7:00pm •
Love, Loss, and Finding New Life
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
11:50am •
Traveling Wild: Tales of an Ecotourist
Patrick Henry Library
7:00pm •
Virginia is for Lovers (& Romance Novelists)
Pohick Regional Library
7:00pm •
Hotel Scarface: Mutiny & Mobsters in Miami
Research Hall, Room 163
12:00pm •
In Businesses We (Don’t) Trust
3:00pm •
Understanding Racism in America
4:30pm •
MFA Fellows Reading
Richard Byrd Library
7:00pm •
JFK’s VIP Party: Great Minds Only
The Auld Shebeen
7:00pm •
Words, Words, Words
Friday
, October 12
Burke Centre Library
4:30pm •
A Man & His Dog: A Couple of Heroes
Epicure Cafe
6:00pm •
Poetry Night Out
Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor, Fenwick Library
4:00pm •
Mason’s Alumni Reading
6:00pm •
Writing Through Identity
Harris Theater, George Mason University
7:30pm •
Anything is Possible: A Talk with Elizabeth Strout
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
1:00pm •
Sonata: A Memoir of Pain and the Piano
Pop-Up Theater
7:00pm •
Haint So: A Staged Reading of an Original Play
Research Hall, Room 163
12:00pm •
Erasing Syria: The Home That Was Our Country
3:00pm •
Women of Color in Islam
6:00pm •
Searching for Life and Jazz in Philadelphia
Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center North Plaza
10:30am •
Getting Published: The Editor’s Perspective
12:00pm •
Grace In Darkness: D.C.’s Women Writers
1:30pm •
From Poland to America: Essays and a Novel
3:00pm •
Finding Life After (Almost) Death
4:30pm •
Can’t Go Home Again: Writing About Our Distance from Our Origin
Saturday
, October 13
Harris Theater, George Mason University
5:00pm •
Literary Death Match
Merten Hall Room 2500
10:30am •
Find Your Creative Voice: Creating Memorable Fiction & Memoir - Ticketed Master Class
2:30pm •
Writing for Teens - Ticketed Master Class
Merten Hall, Room 1201
10:30am •
Recovering the Columbia Space Shuttle
11:30am •
U.S. Presidents: The Election & The Message
12:30pm •
Tricks of Perspective: Reimagining the WWII Narrative
1:30pm •
The Assault on American Security
2:30pm •
Out of Darkness: Prose from the Percy Siblings
3:30pm •
In The Shadow Land with Elizabeth Kostova
Merten Hall, Room 1202
10:30am •
Fantastical Four: SciFi, Fables, Folklore, & Film
11:30am •
Short Stories, Big Voices
12:30pm •
The Fallout: Living in the Aftermath
1:30pm •
Beyond University: Lit in Libraries, Salons & Death Matches
2:30pm •
Romance in the DMV
3:30pm •
Cheers! Here’s to Virginia Wines!
Merten Hall, Room 1203
12:30pm •
The Graphic Novel, the Sketchbook, and the Scrapbook
1:30pm •
Crime Fiction as Social Commentary
3:30pm •
Stillhouse Press Reading and Reception
Merten Hall, Room 1204
10:30am •
The Good, the Bad, and the YA Sisterhood
11:30am •
Found Poetry
12:30pm •
Finding Love in a Hopeless Place
1:30pm •
Surviving as an Outsider
2:30pm •
Magic in Ancient Lands
3:30pm •
In Short: Micro Blasts
Merten Tent
10:30am •
Everyone Has a Story
11:30am •
Solving the Riddle: Historical Female Detectives
12:30pm •
I am Woman, Hear My Words!
1:30pm •
Secrets & Regrets in Paris & Ireland
2:30pm •
Mail Delivery: The Black Hand Secret Society
Old Town Hall
10:30am •
Laugh It Up Story Hour
11:30am •
Hey, Hey, Hay! Let’s Make a Scarecrow
12:30pm •
Stick Out Your Tongues!
1:30pm •
Create A Fractured Fairy Tale with Sue Fliess
2:30pm •
A Paintbrush for Paco: Learning Colors in Spanish
3:30pm •
Absolutely A-MAZE-ING!
4:30pm •
Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle
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City of Fairfax Regional Library
Concert Hall, Center for the Arts
Dewberry Hall, Ground Floor of the Johnson Center
Epicure Cafe
Fenwick Gallery, Fenwick Library, Room 2001
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George's, 3rd Floor, Johnson Center
Grand Tier III, Center for the Arts
Harris Theater, George Mason University
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