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An interview with Upstart Crow

An interview with Upstart Crow

Upstart Crow is a literary podcast affiliated with Watershed Lit Radio. We recently got the chance to interview the hosts, William Miller, Ken Budd, and Jennifer Disano.

McKinley Green and Munira Muttmaina win prestigious award

McKinley Green and Munira Muttmaina win prestigious award

Writing and Rhetoric faculty member McKinley Green and doctoral candidate Munir Muttmaina recently won the Edwina L. Sanders Award for Outstanding Work on the Rhetoric of Health Iniquities for their article "Methodologies and inequities: Participatory and narrative approaches to research with marginalized communities."

An interview with the Incarcerated Writers Project

An interview with the Incarcerated Writers Project

The Incarcerated Writers Project (IWP) is an initiative of phoebe journal to provide feedback to creative writers who are incarcerated. Today, I sat down with Maya Gudapati and Katey Funderburgh, the current co-coordinators of IWP, to discuss their work and experience with the organization.  

Kate Bryan Honored with the 2025 Mary Roper Award

Kate Bryan Honored with the 2025 Mary Roper Award

The Mary Roper Award honors a classified staff member who has shown outstanding service in support of the core goals of the college – improving the quality of the liberal arts experience for all students, increasing the capacity for noteworthy and innovative scholarship and creating and strengthening external relationships.

Exploring fear and fascination with a Popular Horror class

Exploring fear and fascination with a Popular Horror class

When George Mason University English professor Eric Gary Anderson steps into the classroom to teach ENGL 419 Popular Horror, he’s not just talking about things that go bump in the night—he and his students are exploring what makes people seek out horror in the first place.

Visiting Writers • Spring 2026

Visiting Writers • Spring 2026

George Mason University’s Creative Writing Program joins Watershed Lit and Mason’s University Libraries in presenting the Spring 2026 Visiting Writers Series.