Big Read
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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:
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
