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Sep27
Into the Hothouse:  Mason Exhibitions Presents A CHEUSE SALON

Into the Hothouse: Mason Exhibitions Presents A CHEUSE SALON

Alan Cheuse International Writers Center

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Art & Design Building, Gillespie Gallery

The Cheuse Center and Mason Exhibitions bring conservationists, art curators, Cheuse Fellows, George Mason faculty and writers from India together in Gillespie Gallery for a reading intersected and framed by Aimée Beaubien's exhibition: "Into the Hothouse". Photo credit: Aimée Beaubien/ Mason Exhibitions

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Sep29
Lost Countries: A CHEUSE SALON with Busboys and Poets

Lost Countries: A CHEUSE SALON with Busboys and Poets

Alan Cheuse International Writers Center

Friday, September 29, 2023 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT

Come have dinner with us at Busboys and Poets, for a Cheuse Salon LOST COUNTRIES. Featured writers, Bachtyar Ali, Kareem Abdulrahman and Ranjit Hoskote will read from their new books. This is an evening of lost and found language, of culture. We will start with a reading from the works of these authors and then the three writers will talk about capturing the magic and scholarship of languages past and present. Hosted by: Andy Shallal and Leeya Mehta

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Oct10
Spies, Lies & Treason

Spies, Lies & Treason

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 7:00 PM EDT
Off-Campus Location, Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA

Thrills, secrets, and danger await in three killer spy stories.

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Oct10
President Garfield: Portrait of a Man

President Garfield: Portrait of a Man

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 7:00 PM EDT
Off-Campus Location, Richard Byrd Library, 7250 Commerce St, Springfield, VA

In the first authoritative biography of James Garfield in over four decades – historian C.W. Goodyear casts an often disregarded figure in a refreshing new light.

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Oct11
Roller Derby: Heal on Wheels

Roller Derby: Heal on Wheels

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 10:30 AM EDT
Wilkins Plaza, Wilkins Plaza Tent, between the Johnson Center & Horizon Hall, George Mason University

Gabe Montesanti shows us how the glitzy, high impact sport of roller derby brought her to her knees before supplying the courage to overcome past emotional trauma of growing up queer in the conservative Midwest.

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Oct11
Laughing Through the Pain

Laughing Through the Pain

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 10:30 AM EDT
Online Location, Virtual, via Zoom. To receive the login, register for free on Eventbrite.

Alyssa Graybeal’s memoir, Floppy: Tales of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World, playfully and thoughtfully explores the emotional landscape of living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome from a patient’s perspective.

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Oct11
The Value of Voice

The Value of Voice

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
Fenwick Library, Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor

Jamey M. Long and Joseph A. Pisani, co-authors of The Value of Voice in Shared Leadership and Organizational Behavior discuss the importance of shared leadership in the world of education and business.

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Oct11
Queer Body Horror: A Frankenstein Retelling

Queer Body Horror: A Frankenstein Retelling

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
Wilkins Plaza, Wilkins Plaza Tent, between the Johnson Center & Horizon Hall, George Mason University

Addie Tsai’s Unwieldy Creatures is a biracial queer, non-binary retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which follows three beings who navigate life from the margins: an intern at an embryology lab; a scientist who risks everything to procreate without sperm or egg; and her nonbinary creation, painstakingly brought into the world, only to be abandoned.

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Oct11
Poem Bitten by a Man

Poem Bitten by a Man

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 1:30 PM EDT
Wilkins Plaza, Wilkins Plaza Tent, between the Johnson Center & Horizon Hall, George Mason University

Brian Teare’s poetry collection, Poem Bitten by a Man, is collaged from journals and notebooks the author kept during a period of economic precarity, chronic illness, and heartbreak.

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