MFA Prospective Student Open House
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 2:15 PM EDT
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2:15pm-3:00pm - Campus Tour | Robinson Hall A, Room 487
The campus tour starts at 2:15pm in Robinson Hall A, Room 487 (English Department main office). Tour stops may include: the Johnson Center (food court, bookstore, library, cinema etc), Fenwick Library, The Fitness and Aquatic Center, the Phoebe and So to Speak journal offices, and the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, etc.
3:00pm-4:15pm - Meet & Greet | Johnson Center, Meeting Room C
The meet & greet is a great place to mingle with current students, faculty and the program director. Bring your questions about the program and get answers and feedback in a casual setting. Refreshments will be served.
4:30pm-7:10pm - Attend a Class | Robinson Hall B, Room 105
ENGH 608: Voice in Fiction & Nonfiction
Seating is limited. Please RSVP so we can provide the instructor with visitor’s names.*
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5:30pm-7:30pm - GMU Small Press Series | Center for the Arts, Grand Tier III
The series starts at 5:30 with new releases by two Mason-connected small presses, beginning with a reading and q&a featuring Heidi Czerwiec and Nora Brooks, winner and runner-up, respectively, of a new prose chapbook contest run by Gazing Grain, a feminist press run by Mason alums. Next is the unveiling of POP! by Mark Polanzak, the book selected by the student-run Stillhouse Press as its second publication. At 7 p.m., a reception honors the new publications and the outstanding work of the small presses.
7:30pm - Visiting Writer Reading: Leslie Jamison | Center for the Arts, Grand Tier III
Leslie Jamison is the author of a novel, The Gin Closet, and a collection of essays, The Empathy Exams. Her work has appeared or will appear in places like Harper’s, Oxford American, A Public Space, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Believer. She is a columnist for the New York Times Book Review, and an Assistant Professor at Columbia University.
*RSVP & Questions
Contact Alex Walsh (awalsh7@gmu.edu) with any questions and to RSVP. If you’d like to RSVP, please include your name and genre.
