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Five Questions with Michelle LaFrance

Five Questions with Michelle LaFrance

A quick discussion with Writing and Rhetoric Associate Professor Michelle LaFrance on her research on historic cemeteries as places of community and civic engagement.

Poetry Alive Grows to Third Site

Poetry Alive Grows to Third Site

George Mason University students teach poetry to detained and displaced youth at three different Northern Virginia Sites

2026 SWC Winners

2026 SWC Winners

The winners of the 2026 Spring Writing Contests have been selected by seven judges, who awarded $8,750 to 10 student-writers. Rising 3rd-year MFA student Matti Ben-Lev, who is concentrating in nonfiction, took the top prize in three categories: the Rinehart Nonfiction Award, the Rinehart Poetry Award, and the Mark Craver- Virginia Downs Poetry Award.