The Big Read Book Discussion
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Cornwall Public Library Director Molly Robbins leads a discussion of "The Grapes of Wrath," the book about the impact of the 1930s Great Depression on a sharecropper family from the dustbowl of Oklahoma. At the public library at 7p.m.
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath is not merely a great American novel. It is also a significant event in our national history. Capturing the plight of millions of Americans whose lives had been crushed by the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, Steinbeck awakened the nation's comprehension and compassion.
Written in a style of peculiarly democratic majesty, The Grapes of Wrath evokes quintessentially American themes of hard-work, self-determination, and reasoned dissent. It speaks from assumptions common to most Americans whether their ancestors came over on the Mayflower, in steerage, or in a truck.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American popular culture. Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America, a 2004 NEA report, identified a critical decline in reading for pleasure among American adults. The Big Read aims to address this issue directly by providing citizens with the opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their communities.
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