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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.

On Thursday, September 27, we are proud to produce our second Day of Translation in conjunction with the Center for the Art of Translation. This Day brings together a dozen literary translators from across the globe to George Mason’s campus for a day-long series of events and panels centered around the art of literary translation.

On Wednesday, September 12, the Cheuse Center is proud to welcome Canadian writer Kim Thuy as part of the George Mason English Department’s Lunch Series. She will be discussing the difference between immigrant and refugee literature in the Johnson Center, Room 240A.

The National Book Critics Circle has just announced this year's NBCC Emerging Critics. The Cheuse Center is honored that this year’s class are recognized by a fellowship named in honor of the late NPR critic Alan Cheuse.

We are pleased to announce that the Cheuse Center will participate in the Annapolis Book Festival on Saturday, April 28. The Annapolis Book Festival is a free, day-long event in its 16th year that attracts over 3,000 visitors to the Key School in Annapolis, Maryland. The Cheuse Center is honored to be partnering with ABF on an exciting event that begins at 2:00.

What role does writing play in our lives? Professionals from three different fields (history, journalism, law) discuss the importance of writing in the 21st century. In Spanish and English. Thursday, March 29, from 12:00-1:15 PM

On Thursday, March 29, the Cheuse Center welcomes back Mikkel Rosengaard. Mikkel and Cheuse Center director Matthew Davis will be in conversation at 6:30 at East City Bookshop at 645 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, in Washington, DC.

On Tuesday, March 27, the Cheuse Center welcomes Kurdish translator Kareem Abdulrahman. Kareem will be in conversation with Slate Magazine’s foreign affairs columnist Joshua Keating at 7:00 at Solid State Books, 600 H Street, NE in Washington, DC. They will discuss Kareem’s remarkable translation of the Kurdish novel I Stared at the Night of the City, the first novel ever translated from Kurdish to English.

On Monday, March 26, the Cheuse Center and George Mason University will welcome Spanish novelist Jesus Carrasco. Carrasco will be in conversation with local novelist Gabrielle Fuentes at 7:00 at DuPont Underground, 1500 19th Street, NW in Washington, DC