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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.
"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.
Thursday, April 18, 2024 3:00 PM to 4:15 PM EDT
Johnson Center, Room B
In this riveting short documentary by pioneering Trinidadian-British filmmaker Horace Ové, James Baldwin and comedian-activist Dick Gregory speak to a group of radical West Indian students in London
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).
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Off-Campus Location, Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center
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.
Nikki Giovanni will deliver the second annual Cheuse Center's "Busboys and Poets Lecture," in collaboration with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), City of Fairfax, Fairfax County Public Library, Dept. of African and African American Studies at GMU and others.