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The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Partners Big Read Events Online Activities |
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The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The program provides citizens with the opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their communities. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. Why has this program been organized? The program was created in response to the National Endowment for the Arts report Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America, which identified a critical decline in literary reading among American adults. With communities across the country as our partners, by awarding grants and by improving access to the art of literature, the Arts Endowment is working toward reversing the decline in reading. |
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This event is
part of The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for
the Arts
Please contact Vanessa Bass
for
further information about this site.
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