Lake County Libraries will begin its 2023 NEA Big Leads program in February for the first time since COVID pre-2018. The NEA Big Lead will begin its kickoff event on February 9 at the Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College in Clear Lake. , 2023, from 12pm to 2pm. The kickoff event will feature informational sessions, complimentary copies of the NEA Big Read book, and an open forum celebrating love stories and language. District supervisors join university and library staff and members of the public for the kickoff event.
The NEA Big Lead event will continue through February and March, with events ranging from book discussions and writing workshops to family and local water history museum presentations to farmers market booths. . Little Reed for kids is also offered with his four story times in the library branch, featuring age-appropriate books on themes related to the NEA Big Reed books.
The programming will conclude with a virtual author event featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natalie Diaz, author of the Postcolonial Love Poem. This closing event will be hosted by Friends of Mendocino County and will take place on Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Mendocino College Lake Center. The virtual event will be streamed live from all four of his chapters at the University’s Roundroom and the Lake County Library.
The final event will be held at the Lakeport Library on Saturday, March 25, 2023 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. with Poets Laureate of Lake County, newly appointed State Poets Laureate of California, Alameda and Ukiah Poet Laureate readings will be given, including the poet.
Free entry to all NEA Big Lead events. Also, at each event and in all library branches, free books will be provided until supplies last.To view the full schedule of events, please visit http://www.lakecountybigread.com/Visit . and follow Big Read on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/LakeCountyBigRead/.
NEA Big Read is a National Endowment for the Arts program in partnership with Arts Midwest that seeks to expand our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing good books. NEA Big Reads presents a diverse range of contemporary titles that reflect a wide range of voices and perspectives with the aim of stimulating conversation and discovery.
With a $9,500 grant, Lake County Libraries hosted NEA Big Reads, a dynamic community reading program across the county, selecting Postcolonial Love Poems by Natalie Diaz for programming in 2023. bottom.
Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Postcolonial Love Poem is a collection of poems by Arizona poet Natalie Diaz. Poetry confronts the forces of racism, environmental destruction, addiction and psychosis with the power of lust, love and language. From publisher Gray Wolf Press, “Postcolonial Love Poems is an anthem of desire for erasure. It demands that all people be touched and embraced as loved ones, whether they are suffering brothers, enemies, or lovers.
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For more information on NEA Big Read, visit arts.gov/neabigread. Organizations interested in applying for future NEA Big Read grants should visit Arts Midwest at: https://artsmidwest.org/ for more information.
