NEA Big Read
Summary: An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Showcasing a diverse range of contemporary titles that reflect many different voices and perspectives, the NEA Big Read aims to inspire conversation and discovery. We hope you enjoy these compelling audio programs about all of the great authors and titles in our library!
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- Artist: The National Endowment for the Arts
- Copyright: Copyright Arts Midwest 2006 - 2016
Podcasts:
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson radio show features a program written and narrated by John Barr with poetry readings by Mary Jo Salter. All poems cited are from The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading Edition, edited by R. W. Franklin (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1998, 1999 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.) Copyright 1951, 1955, 1979, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies. This episode features Neko Case, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Diaz, Max Paul Friedman, Ana Menendez, and Ilan Stavans, with readings by Adriana Sananes.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich. This episode features Martin Amis, Susan Bale, James H. Billington, Dana Gioia, Olga Grushin, Alfred Molina, N. Scott Momaday, Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, Cynthia Ozick and Jay Parini.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima. This episode features the author himself along with Charles Carrillo, Dana Gioia, Tony Hillerman, Margarite Fernandez Olmos, Ishmael Reed, Diane Thiel, Maclovia B. Sanchez de Zamora, and readings from the novel by actor Cheech Marin.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about the short story "Chac-Mool" by Carlos Fuentes, read by the author and narrated by Dana Gioia. This is part two of a two-part podcast featuring stories from Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories, a volume published especially for NEA Big Read.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about the short story "My Life with the Wave" by Octavio Paz, read by Tony Plana and narrated by Dana Gioia. This is part one of a two-part podcast featuring stories from Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories, a volume published especially for NEA Big Read.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This episode features Dana Gioia, Martin Goldsmith, Bill O'Brien, Deirdre Levinson and Josephine Reed.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. This episode focuses on The Fall of the House of Usher and features Louis Bayard, Eavan Boland, Sam Elliott, Dana Gioia, Daniel Handler, Daniel Hoffman, Charles Keating, Laura Lippman, Camille Paglia, Stanley Plumly, Marian Seldes, Richard Wilbur and Arthur Yorinks.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Washington Square by Henry James. This episode features Dana Gioia, Olivia de Havilland, Colin Meloy, Cynthia Ozick, Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Colm Toibin, Gore Vidal, and readings from the novel by Annette Bening.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey, featuring Russell Banks, Maureen Fiedler, Q'orianka Kilcher, J. D. McClatchy, Penelope Niven, Josephine Reed, Marian Seldes, Sam Waterston, Tappan Wilder, and historical footage of Thornton Wilder himself reading from the novel.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about the poetry of Robinson Jeffers, featuring Dana Gioia and radio host and producer Robert Aubry Davis reading select poems.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Naguib Mahfouz's The Thief and the Dogs featuring Trevor Le Gassick, Gamal al-Ghitani, Dana Gioia, Nadine Gordimer, Tara McKelvey, Adrian McKinty, Mohamed Salmawy and Raymond Stock.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby featuring Matthew J. Bruccoli, Maureen Corrigan, Dana Gioia, Andrew Sean Greer, Gish Jen, Robert Redford and Sam Waterston.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Tobias Wolff's Old School featuring T.C. Boyle, David Dougherty, Dana Gioia, Jackson Hille, Jonathan Lethem, Lorrie Moore, Zach Rogue, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Tobias Wolff.
The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, featuring Orson Scott Card, Michael Chabon, Michael Dirda, Pico Iyer, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kelly Link, Walter Mosley, KenYatta Rogers and R.L. Stine.
