Edward P Jones Library Reception

In connection with the presence of novelist Edward P. Jones on campus this semester, English Department graduate students Constance Woodard and Elizabeth Pitman and Gelman librarian Jennifer Kinniff have mounted a new exhibit in Gelman Library. The exhibit is titled A Kind of Map of Life: The Fiction of Edward P. Jones and it explores the connections between Jones work and the history of African Americans in Washington, DC. Follow this link for further information.

Please come to a reception on Wednesday, April 29th to honor Edward P. Jones, to mark the exhibit, and to thank those who so skillfully mounted the exhibit: 5 PM in Café G on the ground floor of Gelman Library.

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