"A Kind of Map of Life": Edward P. Jones exhibit in Café G
This new exhibit explores the connections between Jones' work and the history of African Americans in Washington, DC.
Jones exhibit
"A Kind of Map of Life": Edward P. Jones exhibit in Café G
Stop by Café G on the first floor of Gelman Library to see "A Kind of Map of Life": The Fiction of Edward P. Jones, a new exhibit that explores the connections between Jones' work and the history of African Americans in Washington, DC. The exhibit features photographs and artifacts housed in the Special Collections Research Center, and was developed in collaboration with graduate students Elizabeth Pittman and Constance Woodard of the Department of English.
Edward P. Jones is GW's first Wang Visiting Professor in Contemporary English Literature. A resident of Washington, Jones is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the novel The Known World, as well as two volumes of acclaimed short stories set in the District of Columbia, Lost in the City and All Aunt Hagar's Children.
