1 2009-09-14T17:32:43Z 30 false false false false false false <p><a href="http://fallforthebook.org/">Fall for the Book</a></p> false false <p> <object width="550" height="300"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/1216069314179" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="300" src="http://www.facebook.com/v/1216069314179" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p> <div class="item"> <div class="textRight">In this video, Bill Miller, Festival Director for <a href="http://www.fallforthebook.org" target="_blank"><strong>Fall for the Book</strong></a> and George Mason University English professor, previews the upcoming 2009 Fall for the Book. Dr. Todd Kashdan explains his new book <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061661181/Curious/index.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Curious ?</span></a> and gives a preview of his upcoming appearance at the festival. Jack Censer, Dean of George Mason University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences, describes Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari's book<em> <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Prison-Home-Womans-Captivity/dp/0061583278" target="_blank">My Prison, My Home</a></em></em> and explains what festival-goers might experience at Esfandiari's event.&nbsp;</div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="textRight"><img src="../../system/pics/50/thumb/esfandiari.JPG" alt="Haleh Esfandiari" /></div> <h4><a href="http://www.fallforthebook.org/participants-detail.php?participant_id=154">Haleh Esfandiari</a> - Iranian-American Scholar and author of <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Prison-Home-Womans-Captivity/dp/0061583278" target="_blank">My Prison, My Home</a></em></h4> <h5>TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 3 p.m. - Research I, Room 163</h5> <p>Scholar and journalist Esfandiari, founder of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Middle East Division, was detained and then imprisoned in her native Iran by authorities who suspected her of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government. Her new memoir, <em>My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran</em>, offers a behind-the-scenes account of her harsh ordeals and ultimate release, a poignant memoir of growing up in Iran, and an on-the-ground history of relations between the U.S. and Iran under four presidents.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="textRight"><em><img src="../../system/pics/53/thumb/vassilyaksyonov.jpg" alt="vassily" /></em></div> <h4><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/books/08aksyonov.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Life and Work of Vasily Aksyonov</strong></a></h4> <h5>TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 6 p.m. - Harris Theater</h5> <p>Child of the gulag, exiled from his homeland, the Russian writer touched the lives of Mason's students during the years he served here as a Robinson Professor. With changes in the political climate, he was able to return to Russia, where he was welcomed as a hero.&nbsp; His most popular novels, <em>The Burn, The Island of Crimea, </em>and<em> Generations of Winter</em>, have been republished continually and sell out immediately throughout the Russian-speaking world.&nbsp; Many-times laureate, Aksyonov is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of the 20th century.&nbsp; Join a panel of writers and scholars who knew him and his work, and see how his work made him a legend in his time.</p> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="textRight"><em><img src="../../system/pics/52/thumb/RussBanham2.jpg" alt="Russ Banham2" /></em></div> <h4><a href="http://www.fallforthebook.org/participants-detail.php?participant_id=152" target="_blank"><strong>Russ Banham</strong></a> - Business Journalist&nbsp; and author of <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Fight-for-Fairfax/Russ-Banham/e/9780981877952" target="_blank"><em>The Fight for Fairfax</em></a></h4> <h5>WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 7 p.m. - Johnson Center, Room C</h5> <p>The author of <em>The Fight for Fairfax</em> discusses the past half-century of efforts to transform Fairfax County, Virginia, from a suburb of Washington, D.C., into a vibrant economic hub in its own right, boasting modern industries, high paying jobs, superior public schools, multicultural workforce and abundant open spaces.</p> </div> false 554 2009-09-14T17:32:43Z false false false false 1 Published Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari and Pulitzer-nominated business journalist Russ Banham will appear as part of George Mason's Fall for the Book. A panel of writers and scholars will discuss the life and work of the late George Mason Robinson Professor and acclaimed writer Vasily Aksyonov. image/jpeg fall_for_the_book_small.jpg 40286 2009-09-16T21:34:51Z