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Tuesday, April 4, 2023 6:30 PM EDT
Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center 3740 Blenheim Boulevard Fairfax, VA 22030

The best-selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran will discuss freedom of expression, the true purpose of education, and reading dangerously.

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Thursday, April 13, 2023 7:00 PM EDT
Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital: 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003

Lisa Page, The George Washington University’s Director of Creative Writing, moderates a conversation and reading featuring novelist Johannes Lichtman.

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Thursday, April 13, 2023 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Fenwick Library, Reading Room, #2001

"The Bond of Live Things Everywhere" is a talk inspired by the life and letters of Lucille Clifton and Black environmental imagination.

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Saturday, April 29, 2023 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
The Key School: 534 Hillsmere Dr, Annapolis, MD 21403

The Annapolis Book Festival offers a full day of author panels, family and children's activities, and live entertainment. The Festival is free and open to all and attendees are encouraged to make a day of it.

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Online via Zoom Meeting

How does the process of waiting for U.S. legal permanent residence (e.g. a green card) shape visa-holders’ well-being, everyday lives, settlement trajectories, and longer-term integration? How do visa-holders make sense of and navigate this process of waiting? This talk will explore the experiences of temporary visa-holders in the United States waiting for legal permanent residence processing within U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as the service arm of the U.S. immigration bureaucracy.

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