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Louis Bayard will be giving a reading Thursday January 31st at 7:30pm in the Honors Town House (714 21st St NW). Bayard teaches Creative Writing here at the George Washington University and is the author of The School of Night, The Black Towers, The Pale Blue Eye, and other critically acclaimed novels. As a child, Professor…
Jenny McKean Moore Writing Series: Professor Jennifer Chang Reads October 24
Join GW English and Creative Writing next Thursday at 7:30 PM for a reading by Assistant Professor Jennifer Chang. Professor Chang joined our faculty this year and teaches poetry in the Creative Writing Program. Check out our interview with her from last May here. And see you at the Honors Townhouse next week! Share on…
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