Big Read Brings "One Book/One Community" Campaign to SW Atlanta with Lessons Before Dying
The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System's Big Read grant is being used to revitalize literature's role in American life.
The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System received the 2013 Big Read grant, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Arts Midwest, designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. This year Southwest Atlanta readers are in for a treat with this movie and book combo that tackles themes of finding purpose and strength when you feel life is at its hardest. A library system spokesperson said in a release that the goal of the libraries aligns perfectly with those of the Big Read: to stop the decline of literary reading in America by encouraging reading. This “one book/one community” opportunity offers everyone the chance to read …
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7:48 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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