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Shubha Sunder Wins 8th Annual New American Voices Award Shubha Sunder, photographed by Aster Equine Photography. Fairfax, VA (October 10, 2025) – On Thursday, October 9, Shubha Sunder won the 8th Annual Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award for her novel Optional Practical Training: A Novel. Judge Marie Myung-Ok Lee presented the award […]

Olufunke Grace Bankole, Cristina Jiménez, and Shubha Sunder Named Finalists for 8th Annual New American Voices Award Olufunke Grace Bankole’s The Edge of Water, Cristina Jiménez’s Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear into Pride, Power, and Real Change, and Shubha Sunder’s Optional Practical Training: A Novel have have been named finalists for the Institute

A History of the World in Six Plagues Thursday, July 10, 9:40 a.m. Online via Zoom About the Event Historian Dr. Edna Bonhomme explores the shocking truths and deep inequality in care that have festered around the globe during six great plagues: cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish Flu, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola, and COVID-19. In her book,

Shahnaz Habib Wins 7th Annual New American Voices Award Fairfax, VA, October 17, 2024 – On Thursday, October 17, three finalists, three judges, and a group of readers gathered at George Mason’s Center for the Arts to celebrate the 7th Annual Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award and to celebrate Shahnaz Habib, author

Alex Espinoza, Carrie Sun, and Shahnaz Habib Named Finalists for 7th Annual New American Voices Award Alex Espinoza’s novel The Sons of El Rey, Carrie Sun’s memoir Private Equity, and Shahnaz Habib’s book Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel,  have been named finalists for the Institute for Immigration Research’s New American Voices Award. Celebrating

Fall for the Book to Receive $13,000 Grant from ArtsFairfax Fairfax, VA (8/16/24) – Fall for the Book is awarded a 2025 ArtsFairfax Operating Support Grant to further its mission to connect readers and writers, and to enhance the role of reading and writing in the community. Fall for the Book believes in the power