#NEABigRead Library Expands with Six New Additions
Oct 23, 2018
Two poetry collections, one memoir, one creative nonfiction book, and two novels will join the NEA Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The NEA Big Read annually supports community reading programs across the country, each designed around a single book. In total, 32 books will be available for nonprofit organizations to choose from in applying for a 2019-20 NEA Big Read grant. The six new additions are:
- Advice from the Lights by Stephanie (previously Stephen) Burt (poetry)
- Borne by Jeff VanderMeer (novel)
- Hustle by David Tomas Martinez (poetry)
- In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (creative nonfiction)
- Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (memoir)
- The Paperbark Shoe by Goldie Goldbloom (novel)
