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Breaking the Mold with Marlon James Thursday, February 22 at 7 p.m. Harris Theater, 4471 Aquia Creek Lane, Fairfax About the Event Marlon James has won high praise for his Dark Star Trilogy – which Entertainment Weekly describes as “drenched in African myth and folklore.” The first book, Black Leopard, Red Wolf was a finalist […]

Rachel Heng accepting the Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award from Michelle Dromgold-Sermen. Photo by Aster Equine Photography. Rachel Heng Wins 6th Annual New American Voices Award October 12, 2023, Fairfax, VA – Rachel Heng has won the 6th Annual Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award for her novel The Great

Rachel Heng, Angie Kim, and DK Nnuro Named Finalists for 6th Annual New American Voices Award Rachel Heng’s The Great Reclamation, Angie Kim’s Happiness Falls, and DK Nnuro’s What Napoleon Could Not Do have been named finalists for the Institute for Immigration Research’s New American Voices Award. Celebrating its 6th anniversary, this post-publication award recognizes

Fall for the Book Announces the New American Voices Award First-Ever Longlist In the United States, the voices of immigrants continue to tell the complex and ever-changing story of this nation. That’s why Fall for the Book and George Mason’s Institute for Immigration Research are proud to celebrate the sixth New American Voices Award–a post-publication

Reinventing the War Story with Alicia DeFonzo Monday, July 24, 11:50 a.m. Virtual Event via Zoom About the Event In The Time Left Between Us, Alicia DeFonzo combines memoir, history, travel, and adventure to create a groundbreaking hybrid writing technique that uniquely pieces together a nonfiction narrative of her beloved grandfather’s WWII experience. After learning

Coming of Age in Siberia with Artem Mozgovoy Monday, July 24, 9:40 a.m. Virtual Event via Zoom About the Event In Artem Mozgovoy’s Spring in Siberia, a young man born in 1985 under Soviet confinement in Siberia, fights to make sense of his dark and tumultuous world, all while discovering his place within it as