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Applications are open for Big Read grants
By Donna DiMichele | December 12, 2012
Apply for a Big Read grant today!
Application submission deadline: February 5, 2013
The Big Read is accepting applications from non-profit organizations to develop community-wide reading programs between September 2013 and June 2014. The Big Read is a national program designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. Organizations selected to participate in The Big Read receive a grant, educational and promotional materials, and access to online training resources and opportunities. Approximately 75 organizations from across the country will be selected.
The Big Read website has program guidelines and application instructions.
Three new titles were added to The Big Read Library this year:
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
With penetrating insight, Jhumpa Lahiri follows the Ganguli family from their traditional life in Calcutta through their fraught transformation into Americans.
True Grit by Charles Portis
A classic Western, True Grit recounts the backcountry adventure of a one-eyed marshal, “Rooster” Cogburn, and a spirited fourteen-year-old, Mattie Ross, as they seek to avenge the death of Mattie’s father.
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
Filled with radiant depictions of the Mexican landscape and unforgettable characters, Luis Alberto Urrea’s novel chronicles a young woman’s quest to protect her hometown from banditos.
Listen to an interview with the new authors, hosted by Ira Silverberg, Literature Director at the National Endowment for the Arts.
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