Communication Bachelor's to Accelerated Masters Interest Meeting
The COMM BAM group, BA Director Dr. Wright, MA Director Dr. Craig, and Graduate Coordinator Brittany Sanders will go over what you need to know about #MasonCOMM's BAM.
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The COMM BAM group, BA Director Dr. Wright, MA Director Dr. Craig, and Graduate Coordinator Brittany Sanders will go over what you need to know about #MasonCOMM's BAM.
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Family secrets, dark money, and gathering storms define the new thrillers from Tara Laskowski and E.A. Aymar. In Laskowski’s atmospheric novel, Weekend Retreat, the wealthy Van Ness siblings visit a lavish winery where the torrential rain storm outside matches the tempest brewing between them, their spouses, and a mystery guest. Aymar’s latest dark thriller, When She Left, stirs a cocktail of betrayal, professional assassins, and an unlikely partnership. When Melissa leaves her boyfriend, a rising star in his family’s crime organization, for a photographer, a reluctant hit man is sent to kill her. They soon learn another danger awaits them both. Enjoy a reception, followed by the author conversation. Sponsored by the City of Fairfax.
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Decorated Vietnam veteran, Wayne Karlin, brings the surreal nature of war to life in his story collection, Memorial Days: Viet Nam Stories, 1973-2022. The retrospective book examines the seductions and damages of war – moving backward and forward in time, spanning over 50 years, and several wars. Author Khanh Hah says, “Memorial Days is valuable to those like us who did not fight in the war(s); and yet it grants a reprieve to those who did and are plagued by their memories.” Martín Espada says, “Haunted, [Karlin] haunts us, a witness who transcends his own experience through the power of imagination.” Karlin is the author of several books, including Wandering Souls: Journeys with the Dead and the Living in Viet Nam, and A Wolf by the Ears.
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Mary Kay Zuravleff is the award-winning author of "American Ending", which was chosen for Oprah’s Spring Reading List. This historical novel was inspired by her Russian Orthodox Old Believer grandparents who lived in the coal-mining town of Marianna, PA.
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"Looking for Jimmy"- Prof. Keith Clark will host David Leeming. David Leeming met James Baldwin in Istanbul in 1961. In 1994, Knopf published Leemings “James Baldwin: A Biography.” Leeming will give a 30-45 minute presentation followed by a conversation with Keith Clark. "Why Baldwin Matters" - Friendship, Scholarship and Imagination - a panel led by Keith Clark - featuring Nicholas Delbanco, Deborah Tulani Salahu-Din, and Rae Mitchell.
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James Allen Hall (he/they) is the author of three books, including the poetry collections "Now You're the Enemy" (2008) and "Romantic Comedy" (2023, selected by Diane Seuss for the Levis Prize), and a book of lyric personal essays, "I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well" (2017).
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The Alan Cheuse International Writers Center is hosting its second public BUSBOYS AND POETS LECTURE on April 23rd, 2024 at 6:30pm at the Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, 3740 Blenheim Boulevard (formerly Old Lee Hwy), Fairfax, VA 22030.
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From Time's 100 Must Read Books of 2023, we bring you Alice McDermott's ninth novel as a headliner at the Annapolis Book Festival in Annapolis Maryland. It will be Cheuse's seventh year bringing writers into conversations on international subjects. Ms. McDermott will be in conversation with Cheuse Center Director, Leeya Mehta.
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James Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-intentioned whites are implicated—and in which even a killer receives his share of compassion. In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence, James Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race. Save the date, as this event is being constructed. It will be in the theater space at GMU Fairfax, starting at 7pm on Sept 9, 2024.
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