The Big Read Roanoke Valley
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| Blog Name: | The Big Read Roanoke Valley |
| Url: | http://bigreadroanokevalley.org/index.php |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | books, reading, literature |
| Description: | The Big Read is a nationwide program created by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. It is designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American culture. The Big Read invites neighbors to read a single book of American literature in their communities, then come together for book discussion groups, panels, lectures, film screenings and other activities related to the book. In 2009, the NEA awarded 269 grants across the county, one of which went to the Virginia Foundation Center for the Book to conduct The Big Read in Virginia. The Center, in Charlottesville, supplies NEA-produced educational and promotional materials such as Reader's Guides, Audio Guides, and Teacher’s Guides to participating localities in Virginia. The Big Read Roanoke Valley is part of The Big Read in Virginia. |
| Popularity: | 1 Followers |
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About Ernest Gaines
Ernest J. Gaines, born January 15, 1933, is an acclaimed American author whose novels and short stories have been awarded numerous honors and have been taught in countless classrooms. His best-known fiction includes his 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Gathering of Old Men. A Lesson Before Dying won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A novel that references
Ernest J. Gaines, born January 15, 1933, is an acclaimed American author whose novels and short stories have been awarded numerous honors and have been taught in countless classrooms. His best-known fiction includes his 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Gathering of Old Men. A Lesson Before Dying won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A novel that references
The Big Read Roanoke Valley
Plans for the first Big Read Roanoke Valley were launched in June, 2009, by the board of the Friends of the Roanoke County Public Library. Two members of the Friends’ board serve as coordinators for the project, and the Friends underwrite a large portion of the expenses. Other public libraries as well as college libraries in Salem, Botetourt County and Roanoke, two newspapers and a business magazine also help fund the initiative.
Plans for the first Big Read Roanoke Valley were launched in June, 2009, by the board of the Friends of the Roanoke County Public Library. Two members of the Friends’ board serve as coordinators for the project, and the Friends underwrite a large portion of the expenses. Other public libraries as well as college libraries in Salem, Botetourt County and Roanoke, two newspapers and a business magazine also help fund the initiative.
What is The Big Read?
The Big Read is a nationwide program created by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. It is designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American culture. The Big Read invites neighbors to read a single book of American literature in their communities, then come together for book discussion groups, panels, lectures, film screening
The Big Read is a nationwide program created by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. It is designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American culture. The Big Read invites neighbors to read a single book of American literature in their communities, then come together for book discussion groups, panels, lectures, film screening
A Lesson Before Dying
Set on a plantation outside Bayonne, Louisiana during the late 1940s, Gaines’s A Lesson Before Dying is the eloquent account of one man’s struggle to come to terms with his own mortality and another man’s attempt to guide him in this process. The novel follows the relationship of Jefferson, a young black man wrongfully sentenced to die, and Grant, the plantation’s college-educated teacher who is reluctant to become involved despite the urging of his aunt and the Afri
Set on a plantation outside Bayonne, Louisiana during the late 1940s, Gaines’s A Lesson Before Dying is the eloquent account of one man’s struggle to come to terms with his own mortality and another man’s attempt to guide him in this process. The novel follows the relationship of Jefferson, a young black man wrongfully sentenced to die, and Grant, the plantation’s college-educated teacher who is reluctant to become involved despite the urging of his aunt and the Afri
Community Support
The Big Read Roanoke Valley could not do it without you! Lead Sponsor Friends of the Roanoke County Public Library Lucy Lee, Co-chair Ann McCallum, Co-chair In-Kind Sponsor Virginia Foundation Center For the Book
The Big Read Roanoke Valley could not do it without you! Lead Sponsor Friends of the Roanoke County Public Library Lucy Lee, Co-chair Ann McCallum, Co-chair In-Kind Sponsor Virginia Foundation Center For the Book
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