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“Nothing human is alien to the pen of a novelist or to a reader.”-Julia Alvarez
It was a cold and wet, absolutely miserable day. This could be the start to a novel, but definitely not a good start to your day. Nevertheless, I and thousands of others crowded the metro to get to the National Mall for the Library of Congress’s National Book Festival yesterday. Yet there was a reason…
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Anti-Asian Racism and COVID-19
The pandemic has ushered in verbal and physical violence against Asian Americans. On April 15, GW hosted a virtual town hall webinar to address the crisis. Alexa Alice Joubin, one of the speakers, showed how the language of disease has historically been connected to racism. Read the coverage in GW Today. From GW Today, April 20:…
Meet My New “Mentor”: David Sedaris
I had been in line for over ninety minutes. In this time I could have gone to a movie, but I needed to meet the man who made me laugh harder in just two hours than I have in an entire month. There’s no doubt about it, if you thought David Sedaris was hilarious in…
Gelman Library Harry Potter Workshop
Instruction and Reference Librarian Tolonda Henderson has sent us the following entry about her upcoming workshop on Harry Potter, this Tuesday at 4 PM in Gelman: One of the most basic ways we organize books is by fiction and non-fiction. My detective novels and sci-fi fantasy books live across my apartment from my textbooks from…
Attention wealthy alumni
Recently I was invited to give the Holloway Lecture at McDaniel College. Held once a year on a literary topic of wide interest, this lecture is a big event on campus. Students in a communications class have a competition to design the poster. English majors read work published by the speaker, and acquaint themselves with…