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Item American Siege: A NovelLafreniere, Justin; Lafreniere, Justin; Goodwin, StephenThis thesis is a work of fiction, and so why you’ve come to it I can’t say. How you ended up here, I don’t know. You must be hopelessly lost. But if you’re curious, in American Siege, James Middleton narrates his life trapped in the city with no country, serving as both a propagandist for a dangerous militia and an unwilling spy for the United States government. When an ultranationalist coalition, captures the city of Charlotte, James finds himself in the sudden and unexpected company of his college friend: Nicholas Brewer, former Congressman from South Carolina and political head of the American Reclamation. Convinced by a single violent episode, James agrees to become an artist in the employ of this antigovernment force. But James begins to suspect that the American Reclamation isn’t the force for good he believed. When approached by government agents who threaten to do anything to break the siege, James faces betraying his friend or putting himself, and the lives of others, in grave danger. With an interest in the political ramifications of hyper-partisanship, political art and steganography, and an exploration of the messy relationship between loyalty and preservation, this book invokes the political thriller in literary fashion.Item Call & Response 2015: Lineage Exhibition Catalog(Fenwick Gallery, George Mason University Libraries, 2015-10) Smith, Anne; Mack, M.; Martinez, Marcos; Wang, Qinglan; Irvin, Sarah; Batcheller, Sarah; Bever, Benjamin; Brezner, Benjamin; Brugnoli, Nikki; Busch, Meaghan; Cook, Melody; Creightney, Anya; Epstein, Marianne; Goldenthal, Ariel; Graham, Madeline; Hamidaddin, Noor Y.; Han, Ah-reum; Harwick, Ariel; Hendrickson, Kelly; Hill, Melissa; Holly, Mason; Kerfoot, Brittany; Lafreniere, Justin; Loda, Nathan; Luman, Douglas; Mack, M.; Martinez, Marcos L.; Patton, Lina; Pears, Sean; Quatrochi, Alice; Smith, Anne; Walton, Michael; Wang, Qinglan; Whipkey, Josh; Yun, CarinaCURATOR’S STATEMENT Call & Response 2015: Lineage "The picture on my wall, art object and art process, is a living line of movement, a wave of colour that repercusses in my body, colouring it, colouring the new present, the future, and even the past, which cannot now be considered outside of the light of the painting." --Jeanette Winterson, "Art Objects" "Lineage," applied to the conversation between art, literature, culture, and self, asks the question: what is the legacy of art and speech in our everyday lives? In society? How does artistic expression in and alongside social movements result in a solidarity of tradition, a larger communal identity? Starting in 2009, Susan Tichy and Helen Frederick have curated an annual exhibition in collaboration between the MFA program in creative writing and the School of Art. The exhibition is up during the Fall for the Book literary festival in September. The exhibit has been a themed Call and Response since 2010. Call and Response: a succession of two distinct phrases played or sung by different musicians, where the second phrase is heard as direct response to or commentary on the first. Common to African, African-American, American folk, and Indian classical traditions. Pervasive in military cadences. In West Africa: also a mode of democratic participation in ritual, and in public discussion of civic affairs. Call & Response: a collaboration between writers and visual artists, in which one calls and one responds. The result is a set of paired works, resonating with each other, demonstrating the interplay of artistic media, and speaking of our times. Call & Response 2015: Lineage is curated by Anne Smith, M. Mack, Marcos Martínez, and Qinglan Wang.