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| Article in [[:Category:Reading Activities|Reading Activities]] and [[:Category:Big Read|Big Read]]categories. | Article in [[:Category:Reading Activities|Reading Activities]] and [[:Category:Big Read|Big Read]]categories. | ||
| - | The Big Read encourages all citizens of Charlottesville to read and talk a thought-provoking book each year to foster community and civic awareness. J-MRL is proud to cooperate with the Virginia Foundation's Center for the Book, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Arts Midwest. Past titles were: | + | ==What We're Reading== |
| + | The [http://www.neabigread.org/index.php Big Read] encourages all citizens of Charlottesville to read and talk a thought-provoking book each year to foster community and civic awareness. J-MRL is proud to cooperate with the Virginia Foundation's Center for the Book, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Arts Midwest. Past titles were: | ||
| '''2010''' [[A Lesson Before Dying]] by [[wp:Ernest J. Gaines|Ernest J. Gaines]] | '''2010''' [[A Lesson Before Dying]] by [[wp:Ernest J. Gaines|Ernest J. Gaines]] | ||
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| '''2007''' [[Typically Gatsby|The Great Gatsby]] by [[wp:F. Scott Fitzgerald|F. Scott Fitzgerald]] | '''2007''' [[Typically Gatsby|The Great Gatsby]] by [[wp:F. Scott Fitzgerald|F. Scott Fitzgerald]] | ||
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| + | ==What America Is Reading== | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?in+the+time+of+the+butterflies '''In the Time of the Butterflies'''] by Julia Alvarez | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?bless+me+ultima '''Bless Me, Ultima'''] by Rudolfo Anaya | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?Fahrenheit+451 '''Fahrenheit 451'''] by Ray Bradbury | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?my+antonia+cather '''My Antonia'''] by Willa Cather | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?poetry+of+emily+dickinson '''The Poetry of Emily Dickinson'''] | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?erdrich+Love+medicine '''Love Medicine'''] by Louise Erdrich | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?great+gatsby '''The Great Gatsby'''] by F. Scott Fitzgerald | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?lesson+before+dying '''A Lesson Before Dying'''] by Ernest J. Gaines | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?maltese+falcon '''The Maltese Falcon'''] by Dashiell Hammett | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?farewell+to+arms '''A Farewell to Arms'''] by Ernest Hemingway | ||
| + | *'''Sun, Stone, and Shadows''' edited by Jorge F. Hernandez | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?their+eyes+were+watching+god '''Their Eyes Were Watching God'''] by Zora Neale Hurston | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?washington+square '''Washington Square'''] by Henry James | ||
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| [[Category:Reading Activities]] | [[Category:Reading Activities]] | ||
| [[Category:Big Read]] | [[Category:Big Read]] | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 7 August 2010
Article in Reading Activities and Big Readcategories.
What We're Reading
The Big Read encourages all citizens of Charlottesville to read and talk a thought-provoking book each year to foster community and civic awareness. J-MRL is proud to cooperate with the Virginia Foundation's Center for the Book, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Arts Midwest. Past titles were:
2010 A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
2009 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
2008 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2007 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
What America Is Reading
- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
- Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- My Antonia by Willa Cather
- The Poetry of Emily Dickinson
- Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
- The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- Sun, Stone, and Shadows edited by Jorge F. Hernandez
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Washington Square by Henry James
