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NEA BIG READ ANNOUNCEMENT and DISCUSSION


Big read webinar with the new book covers

Three new novels have been added to The Big Read library, joining such classics as To Kill a Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451, and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Soon communities across the country will experience the conflicts of first-generation Americans in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake; embark on a quest to vanquish a father's murder in Charles Portis's True Grit; and join a mission to protect a town from the bandidos in Luis Alberto Urrea's Into the Beautiful North.

Ira Silverberg, the NEA's director of literature led a discussion with Lahiri, Urrea, and Professor Carlo Rotella (who spoke about True Grit). Rocco Landesman, the chairman of the NEA, made opening remarks.

Below is a recording of the complete discussion.


 

 

 

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