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The South African Project
The South African Project, a benefit performance featuring youth performers from the Bokamoso Youth Center of Winterveldt, South Africa. The rural township of Winterveldt, South Africa is plagued with serious challenges, including a 50% unemployment rate and an HIV/AIDS infection rate that affects 25% of the population; teen pregnancy and family violence; and other social…
GW Faculty Member Thomas Mallon at Politics & Prose
Politics & Prose Bookstore presents Thomas Mallon author of Fellow Travelers: A Novel Sunday, July 1, 1 p.m. 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW • Washington, DC www.politics-prose.com • (202) 364-1919 FELLOW TRAVELERS (Pantheon, $25) In this new novel, Mallon takes us back to the days of Joe McCarthy, when the Wisconsin senator was on a rampage…
From the Hatchet: Famous Authors to Read at GW
From the 8/27/09 Hatchet: Sedaris, Atwood will speak at Lisner Michael Chabon and Al Gore round out the venue’s fall lineup by Sarah Scire Senior News Editor Bestselling authors Margaret Atwood and David Sedaris have been added to the long list of celebrity authors appearing at Lisner Auditorium in the fall. Sedaris, the popular humor…
Jenny Mckean Moore Reading Series: Fiction Writer James Han Mattson
Author James Han Mattson will appear virtually to read from his newly released novel, Reprieve, and take part in a discussion about his work. James Han Mattson was born in Seoul, Korea and raised in North Dakota. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he has received grants from the Copernicus Society of America and…
2019 National Book Festival!
Looking for some serious English Department nerd action this weekend? Look no further — The National Book Festival is upon us. Check out the incredible line up of authors that includes Henry Louis Gates, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Barbara Kingsolver, Sigrid Nunez, and many dozens more. Find your favorite author, discover news ones, and generally…
Digital Scholarship and Careers in the Humanities
In addition to the September 12 discussion with Marilee Lindemann and Ann Romines (4-6 PM, Marvin Center 301), Andrew Jewell will engage students and faculty in conversation about Digital Scholarship and Careers in the Humanities: Rome Hall 771, September 12, 2-3 PM. Sponsored by the new GW Digital Humanities Institute and GW English; mark your…