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Today’s guests are Leeya Mehta and Bill Miller, both of whom I admire as friends, artists, teachers, and occasional collaborators. Bill directed the creative writing program at George Mason University for more than two dozen years, and helped establish the Alan Cheuse Center. Leeya is the current Director of the Center, and is also a prize-winning poet, fiction writer and essayist. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Cheuse Center, and we talk about how this beloved institution went from idea to thriving cultural force.

"The more I listened to stories, the more I learned, I realized how powerful storytelling can be for understanding, empathy, and change."

INTS Major, Shemika Curvey, presented her research at this event: "WHAT'S IN A NAME? BETHIA FAIRFAX AND SARAH AMBROSE: FREE WOMEN OF COLOR IN 19th CENTURY FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA." Shemika presented twice, second time with Annabelle Spender (doctoral student) and their project was called Spacializing Black Stories: Geographies of Community in Loudon County, Virginia.

Keith Clark, professor of English and African and African American Studies, joins President Gregory Washington to discuss James Baldwin's insights on American life and identity and his reflections on his life of courage and wisdom as he studied the human experience.