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In an article in the Washington Post Magazine, Matthew Davis, founding director of Mason's Alan Cheuse International Writers Center, discusses architecture designed to serve the Deaf and hard of hearing community.

2019 MFA Cheuse Center Grant Recipient Lisa DesRochers-Short discusses her time in Montréal researching and translating some family history.

2019 MFA Cheuse Center Grant Recipient Melissa Wade discusses her time abroad in France and Switzerland, where she researched choices made by those nearing the end of life for her novel, which centers on the travels of two brothers. One of which is seeking to end his life with the support of a death-with-dignity organization in Switzerland

2019 MFA Cheuse Center Grant Recipient Danielle Paige Williams discusses what it was like returning to her home in the Mariana Islands to research the poetry of the Chamorro

The Cheuse Center is absolutely thrilled to have had Ugandan writer Jennifer Nansubuga Mukambi for a full week since her May 17th arrival! Jennifer is a gifted novelist and short story writer whose novel, Kintu, has been called “The Great Africanstein Novel.” We are honored to welcome this writer of great depth, skill and compassion. She will be with Mason until May 4th, so please stay tuned for events and readings featuring Jennifer. Read her impressive bio below.

Mason Creative Writing is proud to announce Worlds in Words, our spring 2019 series of translation talks, sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, in collaboration with the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center.

On January 12th, the Virginia Center for Literary Arts (VCLA) Founding Director Sean Murphy and our own director, Matthew Davis, spoke with Egyptian journalist and novelist Ahmed Naji as their first co-sponsored event.

When creative writing student and experienced traveler Rachel Purdy decided to write about her family roots in the Balkans, she knew there was no better way to get to know the area than to be there herself.

2018 MFA Cheuse Center grant recipient Rachel Purdy delves into what it was like travelling to the Balkans to learn more about its coffee culture.

2018 MFA Cheuse Center grant recipient Carol Mitchell describes returning to her home country and what it was like interviewing Brazil's Lebanese diaspora.